Using Night-Vision Goggles, Taliban Stage Lethal Attack<br />20, 2018<br />KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents overran three checkpoints in nighttime raids on Tuesday in the western Afghan province<br />of Farah, killing about 20 police officers before melting back into nearby villages, according to Afghan officials.<br />front door of Farah city." He said that attackers sometimes warned residents to stay clear of checkpoints<br />that will be targets, but that the Afghan intelligence agencies have such poor cooperation from locals that the authorities are not being tipped off. that at the<br />Mr. Qani said that When the Afghan forces conduct operations in one place, the Taliban target another place,<br />Equipped with the devices, the Taliban quickly overwhelmed the checkpoints, said<br />Dadullah Qani, a provincial council member in Farah, in a telephone interview.<br />Afghan officials have said that the night-vision goggles the Taliban have been using<br />with such effect typically bear Russian markings, though their origin is unclear.<br />Regardless of the number, Mohammad Hashim Danish, a political analyst living in the city of Farah, the<br />provincial capital, said residents were frightened and felt that the insurgents could strike at will.
