As per Reuters, Major general Muhammad Shareef Yaftali of 203rd corps has said that ‘they (Taliban) have the same instincts. Both of them are of same school and are growing in their cooperation’.
This stronger alliance of cross border Talibans is endangering the control of eastern provinces from Yaftali’s hands as he cites that the Al Qaeda operatives might be holding up in the remote mountains of the region.
However, to keep things straight, US military joint base lewis Mc-Chor’s combat aviation brigade has landed in Afghanistan with a platoon of 1200 soldiers.
As per their Facebook page on military.com, brigade informs that everyone has settled comfortably.
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New US military brigade carrying 1200 soldiers arrive in Afghanistan. Photo: Wikipedia via Creative Commons.[/caption]The brigade soon joined by units from Alaska, will live through the winters engaged in reconnaissance, attack and airlifts missions across western and southern Afghanistan.
Moreover, the platoon is being aided by Apache’s helicopters, which were dispatched last week before the arrival of the brigade. The renewed Apache’s will have the ability to control unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) right from the cockpit.
A ground officer Richard Crabtree has said that ‘this will provide us more power to stay in field’.
It should be noted that Afghanistan sees its neighbor Pakistan with prying eyes about the wave of attacks on Afghan soil citing that the Taliban, in negotiations with the government, are gaining strength on the opposite side of the border.
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