Current Events > US strike on Taliban commander causes at least 60 civilian casualties

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/strike-targeting-taliban-commander-civilian-casualties-200109165736421.html

More than 60 civilians were killed or wounded in a US drone attack targeting a top Taliban splinter-group commander in the western Afghanistan province of Herat, local officials said.

The Taliban commander, named as Mullah Nangyalay, was killed in Shindand district close to the border with Iran, Herat provincial governor's spokesman Jailani Farhad said on Thursday.

"According to the people, over 60 civilians were killed and wounded in the operation," Toryalai Tahiri, deputy head of Herat provincial council, told Afghan local media TOLO News.

Quoting Wakil Ahmad Karkhi, a member of the Herat provincial council, TOLO News reported "civilians have been killed and wounded alongside Mullah Nangyalai's fighters" in an American attack on Wednesday.

The Afghan government said it launched an investigation into reports of civilian casualties.

Nangyalay split from the main branch of the Taliban after the 2013 death of founder Mullah Omar and joined a smaller breakaway faction led by a commander known as Mullah Rasool.

A senior provincial police source said Wednesday's air raid had been carried out by a US drone.

Resolute Support, NATO's mission in Afghanistan, told AFP news agency it launched "a defensive air strike in support of Afghan forces", with a spokesman confirming US participation in the operation.

The main Taliban faction has been negotiating with Washington for more than a year over the withdrawal of US troops in exchange for security guarantees from the armed group that could pave the way to intra-Afghan peace talks.

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so stupid

not worth it

creating more terrorists

i could go on
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but calling us terrorists is wrong and misleading

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The US needs to manufacture terrorists, because how else can you justify our military spending if we didn't have an enemy to use it on.

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spudger posted...

so stupid

not worth it

creating more terrorists

i could go on

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We went from having drone strikes precise enough to kill 2 people last week to this?

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KillerSlaw posted...

We went from having drone strikes precise enough to kill 2 people last week to this?

Not saying civilians don't die but they tend to exaggerate.

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Still don't get why US is able to do drone strikes in other countries. I truly can't imagine another country doing a drone strike on someone inside the US or any European country.

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Terrible. RIP

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KillerSlaw posted...

We went from having drone strikes precise enough to kill 2 people last week to this?

Iran went from a missile strike that targeted a weapons facility without any deaths, to shooting down a civilian plane.

War is not an exact science, and those suggesting it is or even could be are lying.
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There were others killed in the Iraq strike, iirc they were traveling in a vehicle and everyone in the vehicle was killed, but I think the vehicle was kind of isolated, at the very least definitely not in a crowded area.

This strike just suggests a blatant disregard for civilians.
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So 60 of ours died for just one of theirs?

This will still be defended.

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When has US the ever cared about civilians. We're the same country that ignores our civilians to fight endless wars.

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KillerSlaw posted...

We went from having drone strikes precise enough to kill 2 people last week to this?

Well casualties =/= deaths.

Technically anyone injured in combat, or an event like this, is considered a casualty

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Umbreon posted...

So 60 of ours died for just one of theirs?

This will still be defended.

I thought it was about american citizens at first too lol

Oh, it's their civilians?

Still messed up, involving people who have nothing to do with any of this.


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spudger posted...

so stupid

not worth it

creating more terrorists

i could go on

They justify it by labeling them as terrorists, and then asking why would they be around known terrorists? It was their own fault

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This will certainly deescalate tensions in the Middle East /s

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Fuck donald trump
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I feel safer, don't you????

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Antifar posted...

Iran went from a missile strike that targeted a weapons facility without any deaths, to shooting down a civilian plane.

War is not an exact science, and those suggesting it is or even could be are lying.

So accidents happen?

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"Nooo you cant call the us military terrorists"


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War isnt pretty and never changes

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Blowing up sixty civilians from an unmanned drone in the sky isnt a war, it's mass murder

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Seriously. Fuck the US. No hate against all of you Americans but your Government has and always been fucked just like the rest of them. Probably even more.

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We're the bad guys.
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