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Afghanistan
Air Force foils Taliban bid to detonate Tanker truck and car packed with explosives
2019-09-19
[KhaamaPress] The security forces foiled Taliban
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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 Arclight airstrike
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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
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Posted by: Dale   2019-09-19 01:23  

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