Talk:Musa Qala District

I've removed this section as a copyvio:

The reason for that truce between the Brits and the elders of the area was as a result of an Taliban ambush which played havoc with the morale of the British and NATO troops.

During the height of fighting the British sent a relief convoy which had traveled unimpeded - although closely watched by the Taliban - until it arrived at Deh Zor. There, Taliban fighters were waiting behind a wall running along a field. The convoy came under heavy fire and, according to the villagers, about 50 British troops were killed and their bodies hung from trees. There they remained for several days till the deal was struck with the Taliban for the British to leave Musa Qala. The bodies were then reclaimed, with some kit left behind. The event is still the talk of the town, but it was apparently never reported in the press.

Finally, a deal was struck between the local tribes and the Karzai-backed administration of Musa Qala that neither the Taliban nor the Karzai administration would run the district. Instead, tribal elders would nominate neutral people and they would run the district."

Article: By Saleem Shazad "Rough justice and blooming poppies" Asia Times (the writer visited Musa Qila in Afghanistan during late November 2006 and was held by the Taliban and later freed) http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HL07Df03.html

I would hesitate to criticise the Asia Times, but as well as being a copyvio, I find it impossible to believe that 50 British troops could have been killed - the biggest loss of life since the Falklands War - without this being reported. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 12:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC)