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Video: U.S. Air Force B-52 drops record number of bombs on Taliban in Afghanistan

Earlier this week, Fox News reported that a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress dropped a record number of precision guided bombs on the Taliban in a 24-hour period of time in Northern Afghanistan, citing a statement issued by the U.S. Forces-Afghanistan on Tuesday.

The statement said the bombing was part of a 96-hour air campaign that struck training facilities and sources of revenue like narcotics.  Stolen Afghan National Army vehicles “being converted to vehicle-borne” improvised explosive devices were also targeted, the statement read.

“The Taliban have nowhere to hide,” said Gen. John Nicholson, commander of the unit. “There will be no safe haven for any terrorist group bent on bringing harm and destruction to this country.”

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The B-52, which was recently reconfigured with a “conventional rotary,” dropped 24 guided munitions.

The U.S. military is pulling its forces from an American-led coalition base in Iraq and shifting them to Afghanistan following the defeat of Islamic State group militants in the country.

Western contractors at the base say U.S. troops began the drawdown over the past week, with groups of soldiers leaving the base on daily flights. The exact scale of the redeployment was unclear.

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A 10-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Joe ran for a city council position in Riverside, Calif., in 1991 and managed successful campaigns for the Idaho state legislature. Co-author of "Banned: How Facebook enables militant Islamic jihad," Joe wrote for Examiner.com from 2010 until it closed in 2016 and his work has been published at Newsbusters, Spokane Faith and Values and other sites. He now runs the Conservative Firing Line.

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