Yay! Thirty dead Taliban is a great way to start anyone's day - well, I guess if you're not one of the 30 Taliban.
A joint operation of Afghan forces, special operations personnel and air support from Coalition forces killed 30 Taliban in Helmand province of Afghanistan. A Taliban leader was also killed in the operation.
It's been awhile since the Coalition forces have racked up this kind of tally in one operation so it's good to see. The one thing to note in the article here from Breitbart is the mention of:
This shows just how deadly air support is in Afghanistan - now, I don't know if this was done by A10's or Apaches or even an F-15/16 but my guess is that it was Apache helicopters. The Taliban fear the death from the air - the rugged terrains of Afghanistan makes the air support all that more important. But anyway you look at it, this is a big win for the Afghan troops and Coalition forces.
A joint operation of Afghan forces, special operations personnel and air support from Coalition forces killed 30 Taliban in Helmand province of Afghanistan. A Taliban leader was also killed in the operation.
It's been awhile since the Coalition forces have racked up this kind of tally in one operation so it's good to see. The one thing to note in the article here from Breitbart is the mention of:
"The operation was supported by air power which killed 30 terrorists,"
This shows just how deadly air support is in Afghanistan - now, I don't know if this was done by A10's or Apaches or even an F-15/16 but my guess is that it was Apache helicopters. The Taliban fear the death from the air - the rugged terrains of Afghanistan makes the air support all that more important. But anyway you look at it, this is a big win for the Afghan troops and Coalition forces.
30 Taliban killed in joint operation: Afghan defence ministry
Thirty Taliban militants were killed in a joint Afghan and foreign special forces operation backed by air support in southern Helmand province, the defence ministry said on Thursday.
The five-hour coordinated attack on four "selected targets" on Wednesday also killed a Taliban commander, Mullah Abdul Barry, the Afghan defence ministry said. Eleven others were arrested, a press statement said.
"Mullah Abdul Barry, a Taliban commander, was wounded in the attacks and later died of his wounds in hospital," it said.
The troops attacked insurgent cells between Musa Qala and Kajaki districts of Helmand province, it said. Musa Qala was a Taliban stronghold for most of last year and the militants still control at least three districts in Helmand province.
The forces said they also seized weapons, two trucks full of explosives and 500 kilograms of drugs. They also destroyed a heroin-processing factory, they said.
There were no casualties to the joint forces or civilians in the operation, they said.
The Afghan defence ministry would not specify if their operation was conducted together with NATO-led troops or US-led coalition forces
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