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Afghanistan
US Dropped 7,423 Munitions in Afghanistan in 2019
2020-01-29
[ToloNews] The US aircraft released 7,423 bombs and other munitions in the country in 2019, according to figures published Monday by US Air Forces Central Command, according to a Stars and Strips report.

Coalition aircraft flew nearly 8,800 sorties during the period, over a quarter of which carried out strikes.

The tally surpasses the previous record set last year when 7,362 munitions were released, and comes amid discussions between American and Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
 officials aimed at ending America’s longest war.

Airstrikes, predominantly conducted by US forces, caused 579 of the 1,149 civilian war fatalities attributed to pro-government forces in Afghanistan during the first nine months of 2019, according to the most recent United Nations
...a formerly good idea gone bad...
 data.

Insurgent groups were responsible for 1,207 civilian deaths in that time, the UN data showed. Another 207 civilian deaths were unattributed to either side.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  Or "falls." If only I'd gone to grammar school...
Posted by: Elmavigum tse Tung6847   2020-01-29 22:41  

#4  Confessed a war-weary Bethesdan,
"Our effort, overt and clandestine,
To build a new state
With explosives, to date,
Fall far short of the triumph at Dresden."
Posted by: Elmavigum tse Tung6847   2020-01-29 22:40  

#3  That works out to about two big raids over Germany during WW 2.
Posted by: Glenmore    2020-01-29 20:21  

#2  As Tony Stark said, "The best weapon is the one you only have to use once..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-01-29 07:45  

#1  Well, that will certainly do it! Victory is just around the corner! 19 years in country, massive lying by the military about progress, and I think this 20th year just might be the one to do it!
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2020-01-29 03:49  

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