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Taliban execute 22 Afghan commandos as they try to surrender
CNN ^ | July 14, 2021 | Anna Coren, Sandi Sidhu, Tim Lister and Abdul Basir Bina

Posted on 07/14/2021 12:15:22 PM PDT by BeauBo

The victims were members of an Afghan Special Forces unit: their executioners, the Taliban. The summary killings took place on June 16 in the town of Dawlat Abad in Faryab province, close to Afghanistan's border with Turkmenistan.

CNN has obtained and verified several videos of the incident and has spoken with witnesses. Videos show the commandos' bodies strewn across an outdoor market. After a fierce battle to hold the town, the commandos had run out of ammunition and were surrounded by the Taliban fighters, witnesses said...

In a statement to CNN Wednesday, Afghan Ministry of Defence spokesperson Fawad Aman said the executions constitute a "war crime."

According to several witnesses interviewed by CNN in Dawlat Abad, the commandos were shot in cold blood. One man said the commandos arrived in the town with several tanks but ran out of ammunition after two hours of fighting and received no support from the air. "The commandos were surrounded by the Taliban. Then they brought them into the middle of the street and shot them all," the witness said.

He also suggested some Taliban fighters were not from the region and may have been foreign because he could not understand what they were saying when they spoke between themselves.

A second witness -- a shopkeeper in the bazaar where the shooting took place -- agreed some of the Taliban sounded foreign

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; dawlatabad; faryab
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Yes, the Taliban are the same nasty bunch as before.

But they are not the only Afghans who can get nasty.

I'd bet my bottom dollar that the old Militias are getting the band back together, and soon each heinous war crime will be rewarded in kind.

One of the Commandos executed was the son of Afghan General Hazir Azimi. I reckon he will have his revenge, and many others will be seeking theirs as well.

Note: This war crimes video of the executions is already a month old.

1 posted on 07/14/2021 12:15:22 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

hey if stuff goes south here

you better dam well do the same to anyone that attempted to kill you but ran out of ammo

nothings changed except they ran out of ammo

in the above scenario i’d prefer the taliban to be the ones that ran out of ammo, however


2 posted on 07/14/2021 12:25:55 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BeauBo

Horrible


3 posted on 07/14/2021 12:26:20 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: BeauBo

Islam is as Islam does.


4 posted on 07/14/2021 12:38:06 PM PDT by MercyFlush ( According to the New York Times "Freedom" is an anti-government slogan. )
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To: BeauBo

Not sure about this. Whoever heard of this large a team of COMMANDOS trying to all surrender together?
This does not sound like COMMANDO behavior. Maybe the got defective command training and worse.


5 posted on 07/14/2021 1:03:39 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: MercyFlush

Reminds of the parable of the scorpion and the frog.

Scorpion: “What did you expect? It’s what I do.”


6 posted on 07/14/2021 1:11:01 PM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows)
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To: MercyFlush
All religions are pretty much alike, you know.

We shouldn't judge people who are different.

Joe Biden won the election fair and square.

7 posted on 07/14/2021 1:15:36 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Mr. Lucky

You oblivously left the Sarc tag off.


8 posted on 07/14/2021 1:36:03 PM PDT by Rappini (Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
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To: BeauBo

We should be hitting Talibab concentrations with napalm and FAEs.

If dumbshit Biden had not given up Bagrahm we could be doing that.

Why does the U.S. always elect leadership that cuts and runs?

It’s our despicable civ politicians.


9 posted on 07/14/2021 1:37:02 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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Exactly....don't believe for second that most Afghans wanted us gone.....came twenty years to late!!!
10 posted on 07/14/2021 1:44:09 PM PDT by ontap
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To: ontap

Didn’t want us gone!!!


11 posted on 07/14/2021 1:45:07 PM PDT by ontap
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To: ontap

20 years was plenty of time.


12 posted on 07/14/2021 1:45:12 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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That’s what I said six months would have been more than enough!!!


13 posted on 07/14/2021 1:54:43 PM PDT by ontap
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To: gloryblaze

.....indeed....!!! who could have seen this coming....???? I feel very sorry for any Afghan and his/her family who threw in their lot with the Americans and hoped for a better future....
U.S.A to South Vietnam 1972 - “don’t worry, we’ve got your backs...!! just trust us....”
U.S.A to South Vietman 1975 - “who are you people again...? what relationship do we have with you...??” ....


14 posted on 07/14/2021 2:00:38 PM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: BeauBo

The Land of the Savage


15 posted on 07/14/2021 2:15:44 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: BeauBo

Get shot now or get beheaded later … I’d say they were lucky, all things considered.


16 posted on 07/14/2021 2:36:18 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: BeauBo

No global protests against these war crimes.


17 posted on 07/14/2021 2:55:28 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: BeauBo

You know who else the Taliban executes? Bacha Bazi boy-f*ckers and poppy growers.


18 posted on 07/14/2021 3:56:25 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: BeauBo

Connect the dots...To the opium poppy fields? Where are we on those? Come on, man!


19 posted on 07/14/2021 4:13:04 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: BeauBo

Maybe Biden Admin can invite the U.N. to investigate after they complete their investigation of America at Admin’s invitation......read with dripping sarcasm!!


20 posted on 07/14/2021 5:02:04 PM PDT by 4integrity
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