Posted on 05/17/2018 3:29:21 PM PDT by Eddie01
As battle rages near the important city of Farah in western Afghanistan, the US military has released footage of drone strikes killing large numbers of Taliban fighters in support of Afghan army efforts to push the Islamist group from the city.
The US Air Force's new MQ-9 Reaper drones killed about 28 Taliban fighters Wednesday, Task and Purpose reports, revealing the carnage in footage posted on the US Forces Afghanistan Twitter account. The drones circled the battlefield from far overhead, striking Taliban forces in conjunction with the Afghan Air Force, which used its new A-29 Super Tocano ground attack aircraft and Mi-17 Hip attack helicopters, said Army Lt. Col. Martin O'Donnell, a spokesperson for Operation Resolute Support.
"Fighting was subdued overnight," O'Donnell told Task and Purpose Wednesday. "It will likely pick up today. We conducted a number of additional drone strikes throughout the night and continue to enable the ANDSF [Afghan National Defense and Security Forces], who remain squarely in the lead. The 207th Corps commander is leading operations on the ground and the city remains in government control."
The Taliban boasted May 15 they had overrun large parts of Farah, which at 50,000 inhabitants is the largest city in the poppy-growing region. Although the Taliban posted images on social media suggesting they had free reign of the city, residents and officials confirmed to news agencies that local security forces were still in control of the police station and national intelligence agency facility, the Chicago Tribune reported at the time.
May 27, 2016 photo, members of a breakaway faction of the Taliban fighters walk during a gathering, in Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan
Battle has raged around the city since then, with Afghan security forces supported by American air power pushing the Taliban back and killing more than 300 fighters Wednesday, Sputnik reported.
The Taliban's spring offensive has surged since late April, shortly after the Afghan government extended a hand for peace talks. The Taliban rejected Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's invitation to participate in elections, dismissing the peace overtures as a "conspiracy," Reuters reported at the time.
link broke - not youtube - have to go to link to watch.
BOOM
The dugout was a bad choice. lol
Time to go home.
Lots of Taliban body parts for sure.
Live target practice.
Not seein’ the downside.
If this was happening to me I think my best chances of survival would be to curl up into ball in some depression in the ground and then not move and pray I go overlooked.
The old ROE had it so if fighters simply retreated into STRUCTURES, they were safe.
Another one:
Can’t shoot if you can’t directly see the bad guy has a weapon.
Solution..?
Guys simply DROPPED their weapon and were safe.
No more of that Kenyan idiocy.
Thanks!
I’m happy they’re dead but remember:
Each one of those blasts costs $115,000, minimum.
They blowed up real good.
Thanks.
At least Trump didn’t call them animals.
Looks like they used a SDB on a single guy!
He wasn’t single after though.
Sniff...I get so emotional over a good love story.
He sowed his wild oats.
Thanks for posting. Very nice.
John Candy...........you’re on.
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