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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]
The Taliban claimed that the raid was in response to the film, Innocence of Muslims, and have also stated that Prince Harry, who was stationed at the base at the time, was the target of the attack. [2] To replace the aircraft lost in the attack, the USMC deployed 14 Harriers to Afghanistan 36 hours after the raid. [3]
The airplane suffered a collapse of the left hand, main undercarriage. [243] November 23, 2009: A Mi-8 helicopter under contract for NATO forces crashed in eastern Logar province. Three Ukrainians were killed in the crash. [244] Helicopter belonged to Air Freight Aviation (UAE). [245]
Pointing to how the Taliban was able to fix Black Hawk helicopters and other US military aircraft that they flew in Afghanistan, she says the US trained the Afghan military to repair and maintain ...
KABUL (Reuters) - Two Taliban officials in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan said on Sunday that two passengers were killed in a plane crash involving a charter aircraft in the province ...
The airstrike was specifically triggered by the 21 December attack by the Pakistani Taliban against an outpost manned by Frontier Corps. In the midst of 24-25 December night, the Pakistan Air Force struck on the seven locations located across four villages of Barmal District of Afghanistan Paktika province killing 20-25 terrorists.
Several Taliban were reportedly killed in US airstrikes as the attack began. [30] That evening some 600 American soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division [12] were airlifted to the north of the town in 19 helicopters. [1] Chinook and Blackhawk troop carriers escorted by Apache attack helicopters were involved in the assault. [12]
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