Article

2018-04-03 Afghanistan

Key Taliban leader and 11 militants killed in Kandahar airstrike

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-04-03 00:08|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 For years I've been seeing headlines like "Top Taliban Killed", "High-ranking ISIS Poohbah Snuffed". Don't these yahoos have any grunts? It sounds like the Ruritanian Army - all generals and no privates (pun intended).

Posted by Mercutio 2018-04-03 08:22|| 2018-04-03 08:22|| Front Page Top

#2 "Top Taliban Killed"

Yes Mercutio. Definately a 'top heavy' rank structure. Must be hundreds of millions of em, those Top Tier fighters.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-04-03 08:32|| 2018-04-03 08:32|| Front Page Top

#3 The Taliban leader, Mullah ~~Lal~~ LOL Mohammad

Posted by Frank G 2018-04-03 08:49|| 2018-04-03 08:49|| Front Page Top

#4 All these early retirements at the top of the management structure prevent a big rundown on the Taliban pension obligations, so they got that going for them...

Posted by Raj 2018-04-03 09:21|| 2018-04-03 09:21|| Front Page Top

#5 As far as I can tell, emir just means leader, whether platoon leader, village militia leader, or leader of the forces in all Afghanistan. The other piece is that it is the role of Number Threes and Number Fours is to be killed. Also cannon fodder, of course.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-04-03 11:25|| 2018-04-03 11:25|| Front Page Top

23:11 SteveS
23:09 Frank G
23:04 ruprecht
22:54 ruprecht
22:45 ruprecht
22:00 Skidmark
21:58 Anomalous Sources
21:43 Anomalous Sources
21:23 swksvolFF
21:18 Ulaigum Ebbineng7056
21:17 Silentbrick
21:12 Ulaigum Ebbineng7056
21:05 Glenmore
20:16 warthogswife
20:13 Throtch Stalin9187
19:41 Si vis pacem
18:54 Zenobia Floger6220
18:45 Zenobia Floger6220
18:30 Blackbeard Bumble5724
18:29 Roth LaDoad
17:44 Ulaigum Ebbineng7056
17:43 Silentbrick
17:42 Barbara
17:42 KBK