The Taliban's Airforce


	The Taliban's Airforce

drummond1999

9-14-2009 7:42 PM

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afghanistan, airforce, pakistan, taliban, usa

drummond1999 says:

The Taliban's air-force strikes another successful blow against the coalition forces in Afghanistan while their operations continue unhindered in Pakistan. Somehow coalition forces will have to think long and hard about defeating this new emerging threat.

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