Red, White, and Boom: US Military Kills 70 High-Ranking Taliban Leaders With Rocket Strikes

On Wednesday, Task Force Southwest announced U.S. Forces-Afghanistan conducted a series of strikes on the Taliban over a 10-day period that resulted in the deaths of more than 70 senior Taliban leaders.

“These strikes represent one of the largest blows to Taliban leadership in the last year,” U.S. Army Gen. John Nicholson, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan and Resolute Support commander, said in the press release. “The cumulative effects of which will be felt nationwide for quite some time.”

The biggest strike occurred on May 24, when four rockets fired from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) hit a high-level Taliban meeting.

The rocket strike resulted in over 50 casualties, which included the “deputy shadow governor of Helmand, multiple Taliban district governors, intelligence commanders and key provincial-level leadership from Kandahar, Kunduz, Herat, Farah, Uruzgan and Helmand provinces.”

U.S. Air Force A-10s and an MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone carried out other strikes in the same time period.

“National and international leaders have been clear — victory in Afghanistan will be a political reconciliation,” Nicholson added. “As we continue the season of fighting and talking, we will continue to increase pressure on the Taliban and remain vigilant to opportunities for negotiated peace.”

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