ISIS loses more than half its fighters from US airstrikes and Taliban ground operations – IOTW Report

ISIS loses more than half its fighters from US airstrikes and Taliban ground operations

Military Times: The Islamic State’s Afghanistan branch has lost more than half its fighters due to Afghan and U.S. airstrikes, and ground operations conducted by Taliban fighters, according to a recent inspector general report.

Officials with U.S. Forces Afghanistan said it was hard to estimate the number of remaining ISIS fighters in Afghanistan, but U.S. officials claimed in September the terrorist group was capable of fielding between 2,000 and 5,000 fighters, the IG report detailed.

Afghanistan’s ISIS offshoot lost its home turf in Nangarhar Province in November, forcing 300 of the jihadi fighters to surrender to Afghan forces.

But the terrorist group continues to limp on despite intense military pressure against the group over the last five months. read more

10 Comments on ISIS loses more than half its fighters from US airstrikes and Taliban ground operations

  1. @ Anonymous MARCH 1, 2020 AT 11:09 AM

    The Democrat coalition has this dynamic to worry about too. It would have happened decades ago if the United States had not been lead by followers of progressivism. The leadership we elect affects the entire global dynamic. The islamists know it, the communists know it, dictators around the world know it. That is why they always try and influence our elections.

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  2. …not that it’s not a good thing as far as it goes, but you can’t use the devil’s tools in his despite.

    If you use Muzzie to kill Muzzie, you’re just helping one group of Muzzies to eliminate some internal opposition, like the Democrats would like to wipe out the Berntards, and for the same reason; so they can stop watching their backs and concentrate on attacking US again.

    Because Mohammad says so.

    “So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.”
    Koran 9:5

    “Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His Apostle have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a state of subjection.”
    Koran 9:29

    …this is just a hunda,or strategic cease fire, to allow them to stop getting bombed themselves, re-arm, re-train, use US to help get rid of THEIR enemies, perhaps get some free weapons, and rest until a friendly Democrat is “elected” again.

    Islam is playing a long game, but it’s always the SAME game.

    Total domination.

    As Mohammad commands.

    “And fight with them until there is no more persecution (fitnah) and religion should be only for Allah; but if they desist, then surely Allah sees what they do.” Koran 8:39

    …Islam won’t quit.

    EVER.

    …they die, or we do.

    It’s that simple…

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  3. It doesn’t matter much. Even if you bust it down to 5 islam terror groups, and then down to 2, those two groups will splinter because one leader doesn’t like how the other leader was looking at his goat. And then suddenly there are 3 groups and then from within, there’s a conflict over a different goat.
    The crazy don’t rest. They plot 24 hours a day, because they’re crazy.

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