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WATCH: Circling US Drones Bombard Taliban Column Near Farah, Afghanistan
Sput ^ | 17.05.2018 | staff

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.

Dirka Dirtnap

"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.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afganistan; boom; drones; taliban
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1 posted on 05/17/2018 3:29:22 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

link broke - not youtube - have to go to link to watch.


2 posted on 05/17/2018 3:31:35 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

BOOM


3 posted on 05/17/2018 3:34:41 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Col Frank Slade

The dugout was a bad choice. lol


4 posted on 05/17/2018 3:36:29 PM PDT by Eddie01
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How many years have we been doing this? Longer than Viet Nam for sure. No progress.

Time to go home.
 

5 posted on 05/17/2018 3:39:04 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: Eddie01

Lots of Taliban body parts for sure.


6 posted on 05/17/2018 3:40:02 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Live target practice.

Not seein’ the downside.


7 posted on 05/17/2018 3:40:38 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

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.


8 posted on 05/17/2018 3:41:53 PM PDT by Fhios (Mr. Magoo or Rip Van Sessions?)
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To: Eddie01

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.


9 posted on 05/17/2018 3:42:19 PM PDT by gaijin
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This link seems to work:

https://www.dvidshub.net/video/600746/airstrikes-farah


10 posted on 05/17/2018 3:42:22 PM PDT by Blennos
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To: Blennos

Thanks!


11 posted on 05/17/2018 3:43:38 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

I’m happy they’re dead but remember:

Each one of those blasts costs $115,000, minimum.


12 posted on 05/17/2018 3:44:03 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Eddie01

They blowed up real good.


13 posted on 05/17/2018 3:47:24 PM PDT by matt1234 (Jan. 20, 2017: the national nightmare ended.)
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To: Blennos
Works.

Thanks.

14 posted on 05/17/2018 3:48:26 PM PDT by blam
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To: Eddie01

At least Trump didn’t call them animals.


15 posted on 05/17/2018 4:05:12 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: Eddie01

Looks like they used a SDB on a single guy!

He wasn’t single after though.


16 posted on 05/17/2018 4:05:14 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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Sniff...I get so emotional over a good love story.


17 posted on 05/17/2018 4:15:54 PM PDT by jimbug
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Sniff...I get so emotional over a good love story.

He sowed his wild oats.

18 posted on 05/17/2018 4:17:45 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Eddie01

Thanks for posting. Very nice.


19 posted on 05/17/2018 4:19:42 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: matt1234

John Candy...........you’re on.


20 posted on 05/17/2018 4:27:43 PM PDT by Salvavida
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