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SAS in dramatic desert raid to save troops from Taliban: As Kandahar fell, our elite soldiers were stranded hundreds of miles from safety... until a daring rescue in the dead of night
 [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Around 20 SAS men who were surrounded by Taliban were rescued from the Afghan desert by comrades Wednesday night
- The group who were in Kandahar province sent an SOS to commanders as the area fell to Taliban control
- Military commanders hatched a daring plan to extricate the stranded troops by landing a plane in the desert
- Sources describe the astonishing raid - which utilised a makeshift airstrip in pitch darkness - as 'textbook'
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-08-23 |
