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The term "jingle truck" is military slang that was coined by American troops serving in Afghanistan, although it may also date back to the British colonial period. The term came to be because of the jingling sound that the trucks make due to the chains and pendants hanging from the bumpers of the vehicles.
English: Jingle truck in Delaram, Afghanistan. This truck is stopped along the Kandahar–Herat Highway, near a junction that was a major transportation hub in Afghanistan with roads leading to Iran and Kandahar.
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US Marines operating in Garmsir in 2011 Jingle truck at the bazaar in Garmsir. Garmsir was contested throughout the Soviet–Afghan War, with mujahideen controlling the majority of the district and communist forces holding the district center. The mujahideen captured the district center in August 1988 and expelled the communists. [7]
Due to the inaccessibility of Musa Qala by British vehicles, local "Jingle Trucks" transported the British garrison out of the town on October 7. [35] The agreement lasted 143 days, ending after the brother of a local Taliban leader, Mullah Abdul Ghaffour , was killed by an airstrike from an American B-1 bomber. [ 36 ]
Similarly, "Jingle Trucks", nicknamed by U.S. soldiers during the war in Afghanistan, are ornate trucks common in Pakistan. Truck art in South Asia originates back to the 1920s, when English colonization brought Bedford trucks to the region.
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