{"id":120649,"date":"2019-04-11T10:53:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T14:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=120649"},"modified":"2019-04-11T10:55:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T14:55:24","slug":"american-empire-at-an-end-us-b-52-stratofortress-shot-down-by-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=120649","title":{"rendered":"American Empire at an End: US B-52 Stratofortress Shot Down by Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Taliban Claims It Shot Down US B-52 Bomber in Afghanistan – Reports<\/h1>\n

The alleged attack comes days after the Taliban targeted a US convoy in north-eastern Afghanistan, killing three soldiers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taliban* militants have claimed they shot down a US B-52 heavy bomber, Syrian news site Muraselon<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

The incident purportedly took place when the aircraft was departing from the Shawrab Airbase in southern Afghanistan in the early hours of Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

“Mujaheddin (a militia fighter) of the Islamic Emirate targeted a US B-52 bomber with heavy weapons today early morning in Lar area in the Washir district of Helmand Province,” a spokesman for the Taliban was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

The B-52 is said to have crashed after the strike, killing all of its crew. Both Afghan and US authorities are yet to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n

On 8 April, three US service members were killed in a car bomb attack on a convoy near the Bagram Air Force Base in north-eastern Afghanistan. The terror group claimed responsibility for the bombing.<\/p>\n

The Taliban<\/a> emerged in 1994 at the height of a civil war in Afghanistan. The group held power in most of the country between 1996 and 2001; during this period, it introduced Islamic Sharia law.<\/p>\n

The Taliban was ousted from power by a US-led coalition in 2001 and has since then been waging a guerrilla war against the Kabul-based government, and NATO forces in Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Russia’s envoy to Afghanistan said in February that the militants control at least 50 per cent of Afghanistan’s territory and their ranks include from 3,500 to 10,000 Daesh* fighters, who regularly carry out terror attacks across the country.<\/p>\n

*The Taliban and Daesh (aka IS\/ISIS\/Islamic State) are<\/em> terrorist groups outlawed in Russia.<\/em><\/p>\n

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