Zormat, Paktya Province: Taliban militants fired 27 mortar rounds at a
Coalition Forward Operating Base last night. Three different firing
locations were seen from the FOB and a Quick Reaction Force left the
FOB to investigate. Two Coalition F15 “Strike Eagles” were on station
minutes later, followed by two A10 “Warthogs”, Coalition mortars and
artillery was aimed at the Taliban firing positions. Despite the
presence of weapons enough to destroy the terrorist mortar crews, no
fire was returned. The terrorists had fired their mortars from well
within the village of Zormat, knowingly placing the lives of the
innocent villagers in grave danger. By the time ground forces arrived
at the firing locations the Taliban had fled into the surrounding
mountains.
