Posted on 12/04/2015 11:53:59 AM PST by WhiskeyX
A joint Afghan-U.S. special forces operation freed at least 40 Afghan prisoners from a Taliban prison in the southern Helmand province, authorities said Friday.
The troops carried out a helicopter assault on the prison in Nawzad district Thursday night, according to a statement from U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The operation freed 40 prisoners, who were captured Afghan police, army and border police.
No U.S. ground forces were involved in the raid, Fox News confirmed.
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Guessing this is what the early morning post was about.
Crickets?
I saw this on the news ribbon on tv a few minutes ago and my jaw dropped.
Why are we sending our military to break TALIBAN out of jail?
I may be wrong but weren’t we fighting the Taliban oh, about ten minutes ago???
What am I missing?
Taliban prison, not taliban prisoners
And they went where?
bttt
The headline is misleading. Read the article.
No, don’t think so if you are referring to the 82nd Airborne?
This is the only op publicized lately.
Hope the 82nd guys made out OK.
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