US drone strike kills 14-35 in eastern Afghanistan on Monday
January 23, 2013
According to provincial officials in the eastern Afghan province in Nuristan, US drones fired multiple missiles against the Kamdish District late Monday, causing “around 35” casualties, with others reporting at least 14 deaths in the strike. Local officials termed all the slain suspects.
Oddly, NATO officials insisted they had no information about any operations ongoing in the region, and they declined to speculate whether there was a strike at all, though not all drone strikes are necessarily coordinated through NATO.
The Kamdish District borders Chitral, Pakistan, which is part of Malakand. The region is near Pakistani militant positions, but is not specifically associated with any militant groups nor US drone strikes against them.
Nuristan Province has been contested repeatedly by the Taliban, with the Taliban setting up its own government and being the de facto rulers off and on for years. The US has redeployed troops since the 2009 withdrawal from the region, but the Taliban maintains a significant presence.
Source
-
themilitantmarxist reblogged this from crunkfeministcollective
-
xsoraxlucy-realmx reblogged this from raw-noize-slut
-
fishnbanjos reblogged this from darlinginmyfashion and added:
And this is why as much as I like Obama the man, I loathe Obama the President. This is not okay. This will never be...
-
fishnbanjos likes this
-
darlinginmyfashion reblogged this from avioletmind
-
darlinginmyfashion likes this
-
avioletmind reblogged this from crunkfeministcollective
-
comeonnoles likes this
-
ub14 likes this
-
cynicsballad likes this
-
nfdystopian likes this
-
spaceykate reblogged this from crunkfeministcollective
-
baieda likes this
-
cobra-snake likes this
-
isnobueno reblogged this from freereeves
-
satansglitterypanties likes this
-
titotibok reblogged this from manicpixiedreambakla
-
paquitotuntun reblogged this from lottastuff
-
inter-locution reblogged this from crunkfeministcollective
-
inter-locution likes this
-
ascendantsyntax reblogged this from crunkfeministcollective
-
occupymytits likes this
-
lottastuff reblogged this from manicpixiedreambakla
-
stevenfische likes this
-
deewani-naseem likes this
-
fudgetasticalmind reblogged this from queerasfuckpunkasfuck
-
walkdontfly reblogged this from crunkfeministcollective
-
queerasfuckpunkasfuck reblogged this from babblingbibliophibian
-
lauragpie likes this
-
epistephilia likes this
-
grrrrrlbits likes this
-
perennialflight likes this
-
explant likes this
-
babblingbibliophibian reblogged this from crunkfeministcollective
-
manicpixiedreambakla reblogged this from chasingtendrils
-
chasingtendrils reblogged this from crunkfeministcollective
-
coloredshades likes this
-
sr3l reblogged this from czechhmate and added:
Thanks to the drones USA invented an easy way to commit genkcide on muslim people.
-
colourofdreams93 likes this
-
itsajarofjam likes this
-
itsajarofjam reblogged this from crunkfeministcollective
-
sugarbooty likes this
-
sasqueer likes this
-
voidbetweenstars likes this
-
saturdaymorning reblogged this from caringspiritfox and added:
I think AMERICA is the terrorist here.
-
preciousdivineenergy likes this
-
personalvision likes this
-
ramblingreality likes this
-
gwennypoo reblogged this from eb-n-flow
-
eb-n-flow reblogged this from crunkfeministcollective
- Show more notes