228:, where they produced a video from footage they shot of the ambush that included weapons and implements captured from the SEALs. In late July 2005, Shah and his men returned to the Kunar Province and began attacking United States, Coalition, and government of Afghanistan entities. Ahmad Shah's cell was destroyed during
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518:"Operation Red Wings: What Really Happened?"
234:2005 Afghan National Parliamentary Elections
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267:"An interview with a Taliban commander"
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108:War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
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406:Unknown Photographer,
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162:Description and career
241:Pakistan Armed Forces
522:Marine Corps Gazette
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219:signals intelligence
195:quick reaction force
604:Darack, Ed (2009).
488:Operation Red Wings
307:Darack, Ed (2010).
277:on 28 December 2013
199:Operation Red Wings
184:Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
156:Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
113:Operation Red Wings
528:on 19 January 2011
495:on 14 January 2014
245:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
215:human intelligence
172:Nangarhar Province
168:Kuz Kunar District
73:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
21:Ahmad Shah Massoud
621:978-0-425-22619-3
612:Berkley Hardcover
320:978-0-425-23259-0
313:. Penguin Group.
230:Operation Whalers
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203:last stand
131:Ahmad Shah
485:Unknown,
87:Commander
586:CBS News
464:Archived
271:NBC News
226:Pakistan
180:al Qaeda
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