{"id":76306,"date":"2017-12-03T12:41:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T17:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=76306"},"modified":"2017-12-03T12:41:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T17:41:08","slug":"mullah-shah-wali-killed-by-afghan-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=76306","title":{"rendered":"Mullah Shah Wali killed by Afghan forces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reuters<\/a> reports that Afghan forces killed Mullah Shah Wali, the commander of the Taliban’s “Red Unit” special forces, along side of a suicide bomber and two other commanders in Helmand Province last week.<\/p>\n

Wali became the commander of the Taliban’s “Red Unit” as well as deputy shadow governor of Helmand province three years ago and was directly involved in Taliban offensives, the statement said.<\/p>\n

The “Red Unit” is thought to be equipped with advanced weapons, including night vision scopes, 82mm rockets, heavy machine guns and U.S.-made assault rifles, according to the Afghan military.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Special forces” means different things in different countries and to the media which gets it’s military background information from Rambo and Chuck Norris movies.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile in Africa, the US has entered into an agreement with the Niger government to fly armed drones in a defensive role over that country, according to the Associated Press<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The arrangement, which has not been publicly announced, reflects an expanding U.S. military campaign against extremists in Africa and is based on a recently signed U.S-Nigerien memorandum of understanding. It was first reported by the New York Times.<\/p>\n

The U.S. official said armed drone flights could begin as early as next week or at least by the end of December. The memorandum of understanding limits the drones to defensive missions, the official said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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