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Taliban improvised rocket-assisted munition (IRAM) facility somewhere in Afghanistan. IRAMs are pretty simple: rocket (typically a 107mm) + metal container/ propane tank filled with shrapnel = cheap and relatively effective bomb. Taliban have been using these quite frequently in attacks against police and ANDSF outposts.
Taliban HMMWVs and Navistar 7000 series flying the white standard. Per Oryxspioenkop, the Taliban has well over 1,500 HMMWVs, Ford Rangers, and Navistar trucks, which were all captured from the ANA in recent months.
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Crazy footage of a Ukrainian man dropping a grenade as police attempted to arrest him, causing them to scatter as it detonated. According to local media sources, the incident began when a 61 year old man began threatening people outside of his home with two grenades, which prompted a police response. The suspect ultimately handed over one grenade, however, de-escalation attempts later failed and authorities took the chance to try to detain him. The suspect then dropped the grenade as he wrestled with police, blowing off his leg and leaving him in critical condition. There are differing reports whether or not that up to three officers were also wounded, but not seriously.
Taliban militant doing a wee bit of trolling by posing for a picture in the uniform of former Afghan VP Abdul Rashid Dostum after they ransacked his home during the fall of Sherberghan.
The Taliban has seized a functioning Mi-24V Hind gunship (which was donated to Afghanistan from India in 2019) after the fall of Kunduz. The blades are not attached and can be seen under the aircraft.
Pictures of the captured Hind from its handing over ceremony in 2019
Massive car bomb detonation against the main police headquarters in Lashkar Gah earlier today. The building was later seized by the Taliban as they pushed into the provincial capital center.
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Taliban militant celebrating the fall of Ghazni by busting a move in Provincial Governor Dawood Laghmani’s office. The Governor struck a deal with the Taliban to surrender the city in exchange for his safe passage out of the city. He was immediately arrested after arriving in Wardak*.
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Footage purportedly showing ANDSF forces in full retreat in parts of Herat after the Taliban declared victory over the strategic provincial capital. Speculation that they are trying to regroup with Mujahideen fighters and militia members to launch a counter offensive.
First the Hind and now a fully functioning Mi-17 from Herat. AirTaliban will be operational before we know it.
They have more ☠️ doesn’t help with recent reports of AAF pilots defecting
Also, the Taliban have captured at least five (up to 15 according to some people on Twitter) brand new American-made ScanEagle UAVs that were left behind at the Kunduz Air Field. These things run over $3 million a pop.
More helicopters captured by the Taliban near Ghazni. Not sure if the Blackhawk is operational or if the damage to the nose was done in an attempt to make it inoperable. The MD 530 (also unclear if it is operational) obviously doesn’t have its rotors on, but those can easily be replaced.