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Around 02:23, the two helicopters departed the forward base. [9] [11] Meanwhile, the group of Taliban fighters split in two. At 02:15, one group of three Taliban fighters took a position in a stand of trees; the remaining six or seven men entered a building located some 2 km (1.2 mi) from the target compound. [11]
[10]: 80–3, 94–5, 116–20 While attempting the pickup, a Chinook transport helicopter crashed in the darkness at 10:09 pm when the rear rotor hit a tree, and the helicopter slid down the slope and over a cliff, exploding in flames and killing all the crew and passengers. There was an element of ABLE Troop 3-71 CAV 2nd Platoon still left on ...
July 27: A Black Hawk helicopter of the Afghan army was shot down by the Taliban using an anti-tank guided missile, while the helicopter was landing in the province of Helmand. [ 21 ] January 27 : A United States Air Force E-11A was reported crashed in Afghanistan by US officials.
In Afghanistan, some ugly aspects of the local culture and the brutality of the Taliban rubbed American sensibilities raw, setting the stage for deeper moral injury among Marines like Nick Rudolph. U.S. military soldiers tend to a local Afghan man, who was shot after being suspected of planting an IED roadside bomb in Genrandai village in ...
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Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday, further tightening their grip on the country as panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the U.S ...
A sweep to find weapons' caches and disrupt Taliban preparations for a Spring offensive is conducted by the US 101st Airborne Division in southeast Afghanistan. In a resulting battle which took place the last week of March and first week of April 130 Taliban who resisted the 101st's operation were killed, along with six US soldiers. [29]