Afghan Mujahadeen with surface to air stinger missile, near Jalalabad 1989.Photo from Pakistan Defence
How The Taliban Got Their Hands On Modern US Missiles -- New York Post
In his new book, “Dark Forces: The Truth About What Happened in Benghazi” (Broadside Books), writer Kenneth R. Timmerman explains how the US government’s efforts to arm the Libyan rebels backfired, flooding weapons into Syria, and as he reveals here, Afghanistan:
The Obama administration isn’t only giving the Taliban back its commanders — it’s giving them weapons.
Miliary records and sources reveal that on July 25, 2012, Taliban fighters in Kunar province successfully targeted a US Army CH-47 helicopter with a new generation Stinger missile.
They thought they had a surefire kill. But instead of bursting into flames, the Chinook just disappeared into the darkness as the American pilot recovered control of the aircraft and brought it to the ground in a hard landing.
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My Comment: Why is no one else in the main stream media covering this story? Anyway .... here is an interesting tidbit of intel .... one of the five Taliban leaders released for Bowe Bergdahl and who is now in Qatari "custody" was the key person responsible for obtaining and protecting the Taliban's supply of anti-aircraft missiles .... especially Air Stinger Missiles (scroll down the Long War Journal article for the reference). Is there a link?
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