* Video appears to show Taliban massacring surrendering Afghan commandos
* Footage purports to have been filmed in northern town of Dawlat Abad on June 16 after commandos were surrounded by Taliban forces and ran out of ammo
* Taliban claimed to have taken commandos prisoner, but government says they were killed in cold blood after agreeing to put down their weapons
* Comes as Taliban try to persuade Afghan army units to abandon their posts
Video has emerged that purports to show the moment 22 Afghan commandos were massacred by the Taliban moments after they surrendered.
The footage appears to have been taken in Dawlat Abad, in northern Faryab province, on June 16 following a major battle between the Taliban and Afghan forces.
The government had sent an elite team of US-trained commandos - including the son of a retired general - into the town to recapture it, but they quickly became surrounded with air support and reinforcements failing to materialize.
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Update #1: Taliban fighters execute 22 Afghan commandos as they try to surrender (CNN)
Update #2: Graphic Video Reportedly Shows Taliban Executing Afghan Special Forces (SOFREP)
WNU Editor: So much for Taliban assurances that Afghan soldiers who surrender will be treated fairly. They are now showing their true colors on what happens to those who support and fight for the government.
4 comments:
They wouldn't have done that under Trump, that much is certain
All Taliban leaders should be executed the moment the step outside of Afghanistan. It is the only language they understand.
The only way the Taliban is going to keep that equipment operating is with spare parts, which cost money. So unless China come up with enough profit to share in mining look for the Taliban to keep growing poppies.
Maybe the next time the Pentagon and CIA will tell the president, the president's staff, and legislators the hard truth of guerilla sanctuaries be they in Cambodia, Laos or Pakistan and tell them HELL NO! We won't go unless legislators WAKE THE FUCK UP and DO SMORTHING CONSTRUCTIVE!
*SOMETHING*
Ever drive through a base not a COP and see the CIA guys having a barbeque? No base, no base of operations.
You would have to be real gutsy or stupid tom operate out of the embassy at Kabul. As antagonistic as our good ally Pakistan is, would Islamabad be any better. Maybe the prime minister is reading the tea leaves and he knows without the US in Afghanistan 2 billion just disappeared from the Pakistan economy. Do you like being milked like a cow, ewe, or goat? Money does trickle down, so now not only he will have less money, but people at the bottom of the social pyramid and there are likely to be more riots and his head is not resting easily upon his shoulders.
Maybe that jerk instead of assisting a Taliban victory or just stringing the wear out should have looked out how peace in Afghanistan with economic prosperity there would also grow the Pakistani economy. Too late now.
With any luck South Africa will look peaceful compared to Pakistan. And if it is, it could not happen to better people.
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