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Taliban says US raids failed to damage its ammunition depots
Taliban has claimed that hi-tech precision bombing by the US forces in Afghanistan has failed to damage its weapons and ammunition depots including a number of Soviet made jet fighters as they remained hidden in safe locations and asserted that Americans will never succeed in capturing Osama bin Laden.
Taliban has claimed that hi-tech precision bombing by the US forces in Afghanistan has failed to damage its weapons and ammunition depots including a number of Soviet made jet fighters as they remained hidden in safe locations and asserted that Americans will never succeed in capturing Osama bin Laden.
Most of the targets bombed by the Americans were empty because as part of military strategy, the Taliban set up dummy targets, depots and similar semi-exposed bunkers to divert the enemy's attention, an unnamed Taliban commander said.
Eight Soviet-made jet fighters which were in safe locations were intact, he said adding the Taliban also did not suffer major manpower losses in the heavy air raids.
It, however, led to the destruction of Russian weapons dumps, the existence of some of which were not even known to he Taliban, 'The News' daily quoted the commander as saying.
On the UN allegation of forced conscription’s, he said, “We do not force anybody to fight for us when we are already sending volunteers back to their homes. It is a shame that the UN is airing such white lies.”
Bureau Report
Most of the targets bombed by the Americans were empty because as part of military strategy, the Taliban set up dummy targets, depots and similar semi-exposed bunkers to divert the enemy's attention, an unnamed Taliban commander said.
Eight Soviet-made jet fighters which were in safe locations were intact, he said adding the Taliban also did not suffer major manpower losses in the heavy air raids.
It, however, led to the destruction of Russian weapons dumps, the existence of some of which were not even known to he Taliban, 'The News' daily quoted the commander as saying.
On the UN allegation of forced conscription’s, he said, “We do not force anybody to fight for us when we are already sending volunteers back to their homes. It is a shame that the UN is airing such white lies.”
Bureau Report