Word: counterattacked
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...before, an optimistic Alliance commander had been predicting it would last two weeks. The fiercest fighting ran roughly from 1:30 until 3:30 Monday afternoon; then Taliban frontline defenses began to crumble. The battle took place 28 miles to the city's north, but Taliban commanders mounted no counterattack. Alliance sources reported having lost a grand total of 10 men. There was a variety of reasons for the rout. The intense American bombing of Taliban forward troops had been devastating. The rapid fall of Mazar-i-Sharif and other northern cities chewed up Taliban morale. And their generals...
...make an unimpeded flight into the mountains. But the elders rejected the presence of these pro-Taliban commanders in Kandahar and vowed to stage a battle for control of the city. The situation remained murky and volatile, but it seemed increasingly unlikely that Omar could mount a credible counterattack...
...game plan going in the first half—we were low pressure,” Kerr said. “We tried to hit them on the counterattack. We had one or two opportunities but we didn’t really fully take advantage of those...
...Crimson had a chance to regain the lead a minute later, but a shot by Corriero trickled just wide of the net, and Minnesota began a counterattack...
...make an unimpeded flight into the mountains. But the elders rejected the presence of these pro-Taliban commanders in Kandahar and vowed to stage a battle for control of the city. The situation remained murky and volatile, but it seemed increasingly unlikely that Omar could mount a credible counterattack...