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2018-07-14 Afghanistan

Taliban’s Red Unit militants suffer heavy casualties during Paktia attack

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Posted by trailing wife 2018-07-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 What is the Red Unit of the Taliban? The first I noticed it mentioned was in the Long War Journal link I posted in a comment yesterday.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-07-14 14:45|| 2018-07-14 14:45|| Front Page Top

#2 It's the Taliban's rednecks.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-07-14 14:57|| 2018-07-14 14:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Given that the Afghan Taliban are Pashtuns, which is to say they’re already the region’s rednecks...

;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2018-07-14 22:52|| 2018-07-14 22:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Basically, Islamic hillbillies. Not to be confused with the Islamic desert hillbillies.

Posted by SteveS 2018-07-14 23:25|| 2018-07-14 23:25|| Front Page Top

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