Helmand: 3 armored vehicles destroyed by mines to the Americans

[nerehan14]

Helmand: 3 armored vehicles destroyed by mines to the Americans


Qari Muhammad Yussuf (Ahmadi) - 06/01/2010

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of targeted three armored vehicles to the American occupation forces in separate incidents by mines in the Directorate of Nawzad Helmand province.

It is reported in about the sixth hour of the morning hit a U.S. armored vehicle hit a landmine when it was coming out from its position in the "peace Bazaar", which killed on board of American soldiers, says parents: the enemy closed off the area called the helicopters to transport soldiers dead.

In a similar vein destroyed two other armored vehicles to the Israeli occupation forces yesterday afternoon, one after the other in the "Dana" in that mines planted by the Directorate.

According to news hyphen, Almadrotain destroyed completely, and still Ahtamanma in the rest of the scene until the morning, but the dead and wounded soldiers were transported in time by military helicopters by the enemy. The tunnel number of dogs in these blasts as well.

 

[Meister]

I'm having a lot of trouble reading and comprehending what the poster posted. Is it just me?

 

[martybegan]

Looks like a bad translator job from an arabic news report.

The general tone seems to be gloating over supposed american casualties, so this poster is probably either a troll, an terrorist fan-boi or a muslim fundamentalist mouth-piece.

 

[waltky]

Taliban about to take Helmand province in Afghanistan...

Afghan Official Warns Helmand Province May Fall to Taliban
Dec 20, 2015 | Afghanistan's Helmand province could fall to the Taliban after months of heavy fighting, with 90 members of the security forces killed over the past two days, the deputy governor of the volatile southern province warned on Sunday.

Mohammad Jan Rasulyar said unless President Ashraf Ghani took urgent action, the province, a center of opium production and a Taliban heartland that British and American troops struggled to control for years, would be lost. "Your Excellency, Helmand is standing on the brink and there is a serious need for you to come," he wrote on Facebook. The highly unusual public plea from a serving official painted a picture strikingly similar to the situation that led up to the fall of the northern city of Kunduz in late September, when Taliban fighters seized and held on to for several days before government troops regained control.

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers stand at an outpost in Helmand province​

If Helmand were to fall, it would deliver a blow to government claims that Afghan security forces, fighting largely alone since international troops ended combat operations last year, are controlling the insurgency, in spite of setbacks such as the fall of Kunduz. Army spokesman Mohammad Rasool Zazai said he had no comment on the post, but said Helmand would never collapse, while police chief Abul Rahman Sarjang said: "We have strong forces in Helmand. In some places, we leave areas for tactical reasons, but all forces are working together well and very soon we will have major achievements to report."

Ghani's government, backed by billions of dollars in international aid and training assistance from thousands of NATO troops still stationed in Afghanistan, is pushing to re-open talks with the Taliban Over the past six months, Helmand has been the scene of battles between insurgents and security forces that have complained of being abandoned by the U.S.-backed government.

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[waltky]

200+ soldiers, police killed in battle with Taliban in Helmand...

Afghan Officials: More than 200 Police, Soldiers Killed
Oct 14, 2016 | Hundreds of members of Afghanistan's security forces have been killed recently fighting insurgent attacks on the main city in the southern province of Helmand, officials said on Friday.

Abdul Majeed Akhonzada, deputy head of the provincial council, and lawmaker Sheer Muhammad Akhon put the number of soldiers and police killed in the past 10 days in and around Lashkar Gah at more than 200. Separately, they each said 45 civilians had also been killed in the fighting, which saw Taliban militants launch attacks on at least two areas of the city earlier this week. Akhon says 100 security forces personnel have also been wounded. Both police and soldiers fight on Afghanistan's front lines. Akhonzada and Akhon both say it is the worst situation the province has faced in the 15 years since the Taliban's regime ended with the 2001 U.S. invasion.

Smoke rises after a suicide attack in Lashkar Gah the capital of southern Helmand province of Afghanistan​

The fighting in Lashkar Gah began on Monday with a suicide attack using a car packed with explosives that killed at least 40 people, including many police officers. Gunmen then entered the city where fighting has continued, forcing many people to flee the city for neighboring Kandahar province, Akhon said. He said the U.S. military was present in the city, "but they are just monitoring and doing nothing." The Americans have a mandate to train and assist Afghan forces in most battlefield situations. The spokesman for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, said American forces had conducted "a total of three airstrikes in Helmand since Oct. 12." Two were near Laskar Gah on Oct. 13, he said, the other was in the Marjah district.

A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, said 45 Afghan security forces personnel had been taken captive in the past week; Akhon said the number was no higher than 10. The insurgents often exaggerate their battlefield successes. The Taliban have been gradually taking over Helmand since launching this year's offensive in April. Officials have said they now control around 85 percent of the province. Helmand is considered part of the Taliban's heartland, along with Kandahar which was the administrative base of their five-year regime. Helmand's poppy crop yields opium that makes most of the world's heroin. The value of the crop is estimated by the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime at around $3 billion a year. Smuggling routes out of Helmand are fiercely guarded by the Taliban as the drugs help fund their insurgency.

Afghan Officials: More than 200 Police, Soldiers Killed | Military.com