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U.S. Helo Crashed in Taliban Trap: Afghan Official
Well if the Taliban can carry out a complicated operation like this, it means that the US has no hope of pacifying the country or nor any hope that the Afghan forces they trained can stand up on its own.
The senior Afghan government official told AFP on condition of anonymity that Taliban commander Qari Tahir lured U.S. forces to the scene by tipping them off that a Taliban meeting was taking place.
He also said four Pakistanis helped Tahir carry out the strike.
"Now it's confirmed that the helicopter was shot down and it was a trap that was set by a Taliban commander," said the official, citing intelligence gathered from the area.
"The Taliban knew which route the helicopter would take," he added.
"That's the only route, so they took position on the either side of the valley on mountains and as the helicopter approached, they attacked it with rockets and other modern weapons. It was brought down by multiple shots."
This is an incredibly elaborate piece of planning. I thought they just got lucky as the helicopter was taking off.