Taliban blows up Army Helicopter in Afghanistan

[rashid.sarwar]

Found this on youtube, uploaded recently

 

[jamahir]

Found this on youtube, uploaded recently

what happened there??

how was it blown up?? who were the people on the right??

 

[shah1398]

what happened there??

how was it blown up?? who were the people on the right??

Seemed like ANA Checkpost where Chopper was landing. All i got from the background conversation in Afghanis Pushto language was that

"one asked that has the bird landed?
couple of voice confirmed "Yes it has SAT (landed)" and kaboom.
Didnt see any projectile coming and from the conversation it seemed they had planted and IED at landing spot as the blast originated from ground beneath the belly of chopper. Quite surprising for me how they managed to sneak and plant it if the case was so.

 

[The Sandman]

Quite surprising for me how they managed to sneak and plant it if the case was so.

Maybe sm1 from inside did it

 

[jamahir]

Seemed like ANA Checkpost where Chopper was landing.

so those people in the background were ana then... didn't seem to be taliban from the casual way they were walking and from the fact that the helicopter obviously had a government pilot.

All i got from the background conversation in Afghanis Pushto language was that

"one asked that has the bird landed?
couple of voice confirmed "Yes it has SAT (landed)" and kaboom.

thanks.

so you know pushto intimately??

Didnt see any projectile coming and from the conversation it seemed they had planted and IED at landing spot as the blast originated from ground beneath the belly of chopper.

good analysis.

Quite surprising for me how they managed to sneak and plant it if the case was so.

ana seems to be inefficient.

 

[shah1398]

Maybe sm1 from inside did it

Can not rule out that but the way guy was asking made it seem like he was grabbing the trigger.

so you know pushto intimately??

Sir I know/understand/speak quite many accents of Pushto

 

[jamahir]

Maybe sm1 from inside did it

Can not rule out that but the way guy was asking made it seem like he was grabbing the trigger.

it is possible the taliban could have tunneled to under the landing site... it reminds me of this vid of fsa/nusra supposedly tunneling to under what they say was a syrian army base ( though i didn't see a base ) and blowing it up with what they say was a 60 ton bomb :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhNv0-4K0yA

the vid in the op is from 2016... nato transferred a lot of taliban to syria so it can be that the taliban learnt tunneling from fsa/nusra etc.

 

[shah1398]

it is possible the taliban could have tunneled to under the landing site... it reminds me of this vid of fsa/nusru supposedly tunneling to under what they say was a army base ( though i didn't see a base ) and blowing it up with what they say was a 60 ton bomb :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhNv0-4K0yA

the vid in the op is from 2016... nato transferred a lot of taliban to syria so it can be that the taliban learnt tunneling from fsa/nusra etc.

Sir the area in video has rugged rocky mountains with uneven landscape and it wud be almost impossible for them to tunnel thru it. Also the checkpost is at height looking over the area below and wud surely monitor any activity beneath them. A million dollar question how they manage to blow this chopper.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

it is possible the taliban could have tunneled to under the landing site... it reminds me of this vid of fsa/nusru supposedly tunneling to under what they say was a army base ( though i didn't see a base ) and blowing it up with what they say was a 60 ton bomb :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhNv0-4K0yA

the vid in the op is from 2016... nato transferred a lot of taliban to syria so it can be that the taliban learnt tunneling from fsa/nusra etc.

I doubt you can dig a tunnel to the peak of a feature.. Plant a pressure or timing/remote controlled IED and dig back..

Either somebody from ANA was involved or they are just too incompetent (on drugs) to notice somebody planting a device 5 meters from their post.

Sir the area in video has rugged rocky mountains with uneven landscape and it wud be almost impossible for them to tunnel thru it. Also the checkpost is at height looking over the area below and wud surely monitor any activity beneath them. A million dollar question how they manage to blow this chopper.

The blast rips through from beneath the heli.. Launching it feets in the air .. Definitely an IED.

 

[shah1398]

The blast rips through from beneath the heli.. Launching it feels in the air .. Definitely an IED.

Yes Sir. Like i said in my earlier post. I meant how they managed to plant it.

Didnt see any projectile coming and from the conversation it seemed they had planted and IED at landing spot as the blast originated from ground beneath the belly of chopper.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

it is possible the taliban could have tunneled to under the landing site... i

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhNv0-4K0yA

the vid in the op is from 2016... nato transferred a lot of taliban to syria so it can be that the taliban learnt tunneling from fsa/nusra etc.

you people from the plans make me laugh sometimes.

 

[Sky lord]

nato transferred a lot of taliban to syria so it can be that the taliban learnt tunneling from fsa/nusra etc.

How can you make such ridiculous statements?

Let me check with our American PDFers
@ultron @XenoEnsi-14. @Sliver

Any one of you available to clear a doubt?

Is this true ? How likely is it that your government through NATO is transporting Taliban to Syria to teach them how to mAke tunnels?

 

[Zarvan]

It's definately inside job. Some ANA guy on behalf of Taliban planted the IED on landing area.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archi...helicopter-in-ied-attack-on-military-base.php

 

[jamahir]

you people from the plans make me laugh sometimes.

accepted but pahadi people are equally funny.

How can you make such ridiculous statements?

Let me check with our American PDFers
@ultron @XenoEnsi-14. @Sliver

Any one of you available to clear a doubt?

Is this true ? How likely is it that your government through NATO is transporting Taliban to Syria to teach them how to mAke tunnels?

unlike you i am actually into progressive political activism and know a lot more about the libyan and syrian war than you.