No Coalition Aircraft Downed
Despite recent Taliban claims reported in some media outlets, the Taliban have not shot down any coalition aircraft or destroyed any armored vehicles, as they claimed this week.
According to other inaccurate media reports, U.S. military spokesperson Army Capt. Vanessa R. Bowman was misquoted.
Bowman’s quote should have read, “This region has provided an ideal environment to conceal enemy support bases and training sites, as well as for the enemies of Afghanistan to plan and launch attacks aimed at terrorizing innocent civilians, both inside and outside the region.”
“Recent operations in the Tora Bora region are focused on Taliban and al-Qaida fighters who were massing in the isolated mountainous region,” said Air Force Tech. Sgt. April Lapetoda, a Combined Joint Task Force-82 spokesperson. “All targets were carefully chosen to pinpoint enemy positions only and eliminate the likelihood of harming non-combatants.”
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