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Times – The Taliban leverages 107mm rockets to disrupt hydroelectic operations –
It took the Taleban only 14 cheap rockets to bring to a halt one of Afghanistan’s most prestigious reconstruction projects.
Hours after Royal Marines in Kajaki staged a dramatic mission to clear insurgents from positions north of a strategic dam, contractors responsible for its reconstruction were ordered to evacuate after the rockets were fired.
The clear signal of defiance from the Taleban caused little consternation among either the Marines or Afghan engineers working at the dam’s hydroelectric station near by.
However, two foreign contractors overseeing rebuilding, an American and an Australian, were evacuated on the first available helicopter. Until they return Kajaki’s hydroelectric reconstruction is stalled.
-Shlok
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