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A U.S. Army soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division with a dead insurgent's hand on his shoulder. On April 18, 2012, the Los Angeles Times released photos of U.S. soldiers posing with body parts of dead insurgents, [1] [2] after a soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division gave the photos to the Los Angeles Times to draw attention to "a breakdown in security, discipline and professionalism" [3 ...
The Helmand province campaign was a series of military operations conducted by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces against Taliban insurgents and other local groups in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. Their objective was to control a province that was known to be a Taliban stronghold, and a center of opium production. [7]
On April 18, 2012 the Los Angeles Times released photos of U.S. soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division posing with body parts of dead insurgents, [1] [2] after a soldier in the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division [3] gave the photos to the LA Times to draw attention to "a breakdown in security, discipline and professionalism" [4] among U.S. troops operating in Afghanistan.
The attack targeted a Haqqani network leader that was travelling in a vehicle. The two victims were nearby pedestrians. [9] March 25, 2011 – A RAF Reaper drone remotely controlled from a US Airforce base in Nevada killed four civilians - two women and two children - as well as injuring two others in Naw Zad district of Helmand Province. [10] [11]
May 1, 2007 – About 50 civilians, including women and children were killed by US and NATO bombings in Herat province of western Afghanistan during the preceding week. [17] [18] May 9, 2007 – Between 21 and 38 civilians, including women and children were killed by a US Air Raid in the village of Soro, in the Sangin district of Helmand Province.
The last U.S. troops left Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021. Three years later, the Taliban's return to power has allowed al Qaeda and other terrorist groups to regain a presence in the country, and ...
The attack took place in the early hours of the morning. Taliban fighters stormed the ANDSF [Afghan National Defence and Security Forces] base at Camp Shorabak in Helmand, southern Afghanistan, which is home to the Afghan army's 215th Corps and includes a US garrison of a few hundred Marine advisers. [5]
Dahmer would lure victims back to his apartment to give them drug-laced drinks and sexually assault them once they died. He would also dismember their bodies and keep "souvenirs" like body parts ...