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Air Force foils Taliban bid to detonate Tanker truck and car packed with explosives
[KhaamaPress] The security forces foiled Taliban...Arabic for students... bid to detonate a Tanker truck and car packed with explosives in South-eastern Paktiya province. The 203rd Thunder Corps said in a statement the Air Forces conducted an  ...KABOOM!... in Zurmat district which destroyed a Tanker truck and car packed with explosives. The statement further added that the Talibs were intending to detonate the two Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIEDs) in an unknown location. Furthermore, the 203rd Thunder Corps said the security forces conducted the airstrike based on an accurate intelligence tip which also destroyed a cache of weapons and ammunitions. The 203rd Thunder Corps also added that the airstrike killed 3 Talibs as well but did not inflict casualties on anyone else. Related: Paktiya: 2019-09-16 Special Forces destroy one of the biggest bomb-making factories of Taliban in Ghazni Paktiya: 2019-09-16 More than 100 militants killed, wounded in deadly assaults of the Afghan, U.S. forces in Paktika Paktiya: 2019-09-13 U.S. airstrikes inflict heavy casualties on Taliban militants in Paktiya province Related: 203rd Thunder Corps: 2019-09-16 Special Forces destroy one of the biggest bomb-making factories of Taliban in Ghazni 203rd Thunder Corps: 2019-09-16 More than 100 militants killed, wounded in deadly assaults of the Afghan, U.S. forces in Paktika 203rd Thunder Corps: 2019-09-13 U.S. airstrikes inflict heavy casualties on Taliban militants in Paktiya province Related: Zurmat district: 2019-09-01 Afghan and U.S. forces kill 13 Taliban militants in Paktiya and Ghazni Zurmat district: 2019-08-29 Taliban’s deputy Red Unit commander among 37 killed in Paktika, Paktiya operations Zurmat district: 2019-08-25 25 Taliban militants killed, wounded in Afghan forces operations: Thunder Corps Posted by: trailing wife 2019-09-19 |
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