World | Taliban Taliban Shows Fresh Fangs in US Base Attack Secure in Pakistan, insurgents gain next door in Afghanistan By Nick McMaster Posted Jul 14, 2008 3:17 PM CDT Copied Taliban militants pose before they execute two Afghan women in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on Saturday, July 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Naikzad) The Taliban demonstrated complex tactics and a renewed taste for conventional warfare in the attack on a remote outpost that claimed the lives of nine US soldiers yesterday, Reuters reports. The militants drove the residents from a nearby village and used it as a base of operations from which to launch their offensive, which briefly breached the outpost’s defenses. Having suffered heavy casualties in a wave of failed attacks on NATO bases in 2006, the Taliban has since focused more on suicide and roadside bombs. However, commanders worry that the group will grow increasingly audacious now that it has secured a foothold in neighboring Pakistan through truces with the government. Read These Next That 'buy now, pay later' loan may soon hit your credit score. Cops: Arizona 5th graders drew up plot to 'end' a classmate. The DOJ just fired 3 prosecutors tied to Capitol riot criminal cases. Senate will grind it out this weekend for Trump's spending bill. Report an error