Afghanistan is Getting Much Worse

This was not a lucky shot or roadside bomb...this was a deliberate can extensively planned assault that killed 9 US troops.

They assaulted this base base with a large number of insurgents over a period of hours (see also here).

This sort of large and well organized operation shows a capability that the Taliban has not demonstrated before, and I can't help but think that this is a prelude to a more ambitious operation.