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Afghanistan
Taliban leader among 5 killed as A-29s pound their hideouts in Mirza Olang
2017-10-15
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least five Talibs were killed in the Arclight airstrikes of the Afghan Air Force in northern Sar-e-Pul
...a city and eponymous province in northern Afghanistan, population about 500,000. Demographically it is majority Tadjik and Uzbek. There are small Pashtun, Arab, and Hazara communities, of which the Hazaras mostly don't bother anyone...
province of Afghanistan.

The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan national army in the North said the A-29 fighter planes pounded the hideouts of the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
bully boyz in Mirza Olang area of Sayad district.

According to the Shaheen Corps, a local leader of the group identified as Mullah Syed Ahmad was among those killed.

At least two Taliban bully boyz were critically maimed in the Arclight airstrikes, the Shaheen Corps added.

The Taliban bully boyz group has not commented regarding the report so far.

Posted by:Fred

#2  I always thought lower tech might work fine in uncivilised lands
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-10-15 19:03  

#1  this is at least the 10th time I've read of a successful operation led by Afghans using the A-29

as long as the Taliban don't have an effective SAM, the Afghan Air Force will be worth something
Posted by: lord garth   2017-10-15 01:11  

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