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American Special Forces Kill 170, Capture ISIS Capital in Afghanistan
https://tribunist.com ^ | JULY 9, 2018

Posted on 07/10/2018 6:19:54 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK

American Special Forces Kill 170, Capture ISIS Capital in Afghanistan

During an operation in Deh Bala, an area in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, American Green Berets worked with three Afghan commando companies to combat ISIS in the region. The US military has confirmed that, during the operation, approximately 170 terrorists were killed in the ISIS capital, and the area is no longer in the hands of terrorists.

The joint US-Afghan assault took place between April and was largely completed by early June. Around 600 Green Berets took part in the operation along with their Afghan counterparts. In the end, no allied casualties were reported.

“This was one of the main green zones that did two things. One, it provided money, finance, logistics to ISIS and we’ve taken that away from them,” said Lt. Col. Josh Thiel, a representative for the US First Special Forces Group.

“Additionally, ISIS was using this as a site to prepare and move high-profile attacks on Kabul and Jalalabad.”

ISIS forces had attempted to set up a local capital in the region. US Special Forces teams, operating out of a base near Gargari, supported Afghan commandos in fighting against the terrorists, ultimately putting a halt to their efforts.

Over several days of heavy fighting in June, 167 ISIS fighters were killed, and a significant amount of equipment was secured.

The US has been heavily involved in counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan along with NATO and Afghan forces.

Militants who claimed loyalty to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), a local affiliate of the ISIS movement, originally began appearing in Nangarhar approximately four years ago.

Since that time, the group has garnered a reputation for brutality, including executions by beheading and explosion.

The Deh Bala militants were using illegal logging and talc mining to fund their operations, according to a report by the Daily Mail. They also exploited the local population to support their objectives.


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Reference
KEYWORDS: 201804; 201805; 201806; afghanistan; afpak; dehbala; forests; greenberets; isis; iskp; khorasan; logging; nato; pakistan; talc; talcmining; talcumpowder
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1 posted on 07/10/2018 6:19:54 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Knock out ISIS, if the people of Afghanistan want Taliban, it is no longer up to us to stop them. We need a graceful way to pull out.


2 posted on 07/10/2018 6:36:33 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Winning!


3 posted on 07/10/2018 6:37:39 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: fortheDeclaration

170:0 kill ratio

Winning!


4 posted on 07/10/2018 6:39:10 PM PDT by sdthree
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

We started fighting in Afghanistan in 2001. Now 17 years later we capture a raghead capital. Ultimately we are not going to defeat the Islamists with our current strategy.


5 posted on 07/10/2018 6:48:04 PM PDT by Ajnin (Don't be a pansy, embrace the fireball.)
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To: Ajnin

Gonna need a second term of Trump


6 posted on 07/10/2018 6:49:25 PM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: Dr. Sivana
We need a graceful way to pull out.

After this operation we should declare victory and leave.

7 posted on 07/10/2018 6:50:13 PM PDT by libertylover (I'm not arguing with you; I'm just explaining why I'm right and you're wrong.)
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To: Pollard

Hell, make him king or emperor or whatever suits him.


8 posted on 07/10/2018 6:53:34 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: 353FMG

Kill them all


9 posted on 07/10/2018 6:56:47 PM PDT by chaser64
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To: Ajnin
We started fighting in Afghanistan in 2001. Now 17 years later we capture a raghead capital. Ultimately we are not going to defeat the Islamists with our current strategy.


We will never change them. They are dead enders.

We should pull out, go back and smash them if we have to, then pull out. Repeat only as often as necessary.

10 posted on 07/10/2018 6:57:01 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ("The MSM is the enemy of the American people"...Democrat Pat Caddell)
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To: libertylover

“After this operation we should declare victory and leave. “

We should declare victory, leave, and then nuke it.


11 posted on 07/10/2018 7:00:21 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Pretty clear the ROE’s have been changed.


12 posted on 07/10/2018 7:03:18 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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Yes
Kill
Em all
Say nothing about it


13 posted on 07/10/2018 7:08:27 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: robowombat

Yes
Kill
Em all
Say nothing about it


14 posted on 07/10/2018 7:08:35 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

No one has ever tamed Afghanistan, though many have tried.
We will not tame Afghanistan no matter how long we are there.
Should never have gone in on the ground.
After 9/11, pound them from the air until nothing moves to teach them not to harbor terrorists.
Repeat as necessary.

Islam is not amenable to civilization.
We should stay out of Islamic countries.


15 posted on 07/10/2018 7:09:55 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

POMPEO was just there.. “this is how we do it...”


16 posted on 07/10/2018 7:13:00 PM PDT by bitt (Obama was eloquent with his lies, ..Trump is brutal with his truth!)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

17 years later and we are still whacking moles in mole land.


17 posted on 07/10/2018 7:17:22 PM PDT by TADSLOS
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

I was not in the Army so I don’t know but is it unusual to have that many Green Berets in one operation? I’ve never heard of a concentration this large of Green Berets.


18 posted on 07/10/2018 7:53:57 PM PDT by BBell (es-tu stupide):>()
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Somewhere in a pilates class, Hillary is reading her Blackberry.


19 posted on 07/10/2018 7:58:45 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

This is right around the area of Tora Bora, where bin Laden was holed up, just after we invaded Afghanistan - not far from the Khyber pass, South of the Jalabad/Peshawar road near the border with Pakistan.


20 posted on 07/10/2018 8:04:57 PM PDT by BeauBo
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