Guerrilla Warfare In Afghanistan

When fighting a war on enemy territory and is unfamiliar to you, the most potential threat against you is the usage of guerrilla warfare. Guerrilla warfare is the term for a strategy employed by natives of a country on foreign occupation and they used the hit and run tactics, which minimized the losses of the natives. Guerrillas depend on support of the local population. They preform ambushes and raids to combat a larger and less mobile formal army. Recently with the War in Afghanistan, the Taliban insurgents deployed their men and had them hide in the towns and when the American troops came by, they attacked the soldiers. Recently, the American troops have had their men penetrate the towns so insurgents can't get in and hide behind the innocent natives. Fighters use the warfare to demoralize the enemy troops and the nation behind it. The longer the war goes on, the more causalities there would be, so sides use the tactic of guerrilla warfare to cut down their losses and kill more of their enemies.