An Afghan Air Force A-29 Super Tucano soars over Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 14, 2015. The A-29 is the Afghan Air Force’s latest attack airframe in their inventory. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr., Released)
On June 24, 24 and 26, the Afghan Ministry of Defense released footage of recent airstrikes on Taliban fighters in different parts of the country.
The footage shows dozens of pinpoint airstrikes on positions, vehicles and gathering of Taliban forces. The airstrikes inflicted heavy human and material losses on the group.
The airstrikes were carried out by warplanes of the Afghan Air Force, most likely US-supplied A-29 Super Tucano and Cessna 208. Both types are capable of firing light-weight precision-guided munitions.
The death toll of the terrorist Taliban has risen sharply.
Terrorists will not be safe anywhere in Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/AYYq02Tkff— Ministry of Defense, Afghanistan (@MoDAfghanistan) June 24, 2021
15 #Taliban terrorists were killed in airstrikes conducted by #AAF at the outskirts of #Kunduz provincial center, today morning.
Also, a large amount of their weapons and ammunition were destroyed. pic.twitter.com/hR5r3KLYVT— Ministry of Defense, Afghanistan (@MoDAfghanistan) June 24, 2021
Afghan Air Forces targeted Taliban terrorist gathering place in outskirts of Konduz, provincial center today.
Air strikes on terrorists have increased. pic.twitter.com/GkcuCmp6cN— Ministry of Defense, Afghanistan (@MoDAfghanistan) June 24, 2021
طالبان تروریست سرکوب میشوند!
اجرای حملههای هوایی بالای مواضع و مخفیگاه های تروریستان pic.twitter.com/hd9Uph4ZvF
— Ministry of Defense, Afghanistan (@MoDAfghanistan) June 25, 2021
تروریستان در هیچ جای مصون نخواهند ماند!
اجرای حمله های هوایی بالای مواضع طالبان تروریست pic.twitter.com/EVoKZzw9E3— Ministry of Defense, Afghanistan (@MoDAfghanistan) June 25, 2021
د ترهګرو ځپل په شدت سره دوام لري!
سرکوب تروریستان به شدت ادامه دارد! pic.twitter.com/6TCDiHv7vp— Ministry of Defense, Afghanistan (@MoDAfghanistan) June 26, 2021
The Afghan MoD may have released the footage to raise the morale of its soldiers. Recently, the Taliban stepped up its attacks on several frontlines.
The US decision to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan before September 11 gave the group a reason to intensify its attacks on government forces across the country. A new US intelligence assessment says that the Afghan government could fall within six months of the American military departing.
Despite much pressure by the Taliban, whose fighters captured more than 100 districts since May, the Afghan National Army continues to fight back. In the last three days, the Afghan MoD announced the killing of nearly 600 fighters of the group on different frontlines.
