in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan.MoD front man Gen. Mohammad Radmanish shared the latest information as well as pictures of the airstrike as he was updating the media during a presser today.
Gen. Radmanish said the airstrike was carried out a main stronghold of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
group in Dasht-e-Archi district which was also being used as the training camp by the group.
He said the raid was conducted based on accurate intelligence information and as a result several Taliban gunnies including eighteen of their leaders were killed.
The defense ministry front man also displayed several pictures taken from the site before the airstrike and said only the Taliban gunnies and their leaders were seen in the compound before the raid was conducted.
He said several key members and gunnies of the Red Unit of Taliban were also killed in the airstrike together with the foreign nationals from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
In regards to the civilian casualties, Gen. Radmanish said the Afghan army helicopters attacked the the compound with rockets but the civilians sustained casualties from small fire arms.
According to Gen. Radmanish, the Talibs initially opened fire on army helicopters after their base was attacked with rockets and later opened fire on civilians.
Afghan military release ScanEagle footage of Kunduz airstrike target
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan Military released the video taken by ScanEagle drones purportedly showing the targets chosen by the armed forces ahead of the deadly
that left scores of people dead amid speculations that the raid resulted into massive civilian casualties.However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
the latest video shows the Afghan military is pinpointing the target where a large gathering is underway.
Although the authenticity of the video cannot be verified independently but the video show several gunnies patrolling close to the vicinity of the gathering which proves the Afghan military claims that a larage gathering of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
leaders was underway.
This comes as the Ministry of Defense front man Gen. Mohammad Radmanish shared the latest information as well as pictures of the airstrike as he was updating the media during a presser today.
Gen. Radmanish said the airstrike was carried out a main stronghold of the Taliban group in Dasht-e-Archi district which was also being used as the training camp by the group.
He said the raid was conducted based on accurate intelligence information and as a result several Taliban hard boyz including eighteen of their leaders were killed.
The defense ministry front man also displayed several pictures taken from the site before the airstrike and said only the Taliban hard boyz and their leaders were seen in the compound before the raid was conducted.
He said several key members and
In regards to the civilian casualties, Gen. Radmanish said the Afghan army helicopters attacked the the compound with rockets but the civilians sustained casualties from small fire arms.
According to Gen. Radmanish, the Talibs initially opened fire on army helicopters after their base was attacked with rockets and later opened fire on civilians.