"The man who drove the US out of Afghanistan" Topic
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| Tango01 | 03 Aug 2020 3:10 p.m. PST |
"KABUL – The first time Mullah Ibrahim Sadar confronted US forces in Afghanistan he was given a lesson in the brutal reality of war that he would never forget. To those who later watched him rise through the Taliban's ranks and win the respect of al-Qaeda's inner circle, his sense of purpose was evident even then. It was the autumn of 2001 and Sadar was a mid-level Taliban field commander tasked with organizing the defense of Kabul. As US airstrikes pounded the city, he put his fighters through training drills designed to repel a ground offensive and handed out gas masks in the mistaken belief that they were about to be targeted with chemical weapons. His tactics and outdated equipment were useless in the face of the American onslaught from above…" Main page
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