80 US airstrikes hit Afghanistan in October; Drone war rolls on

November 2, 2015 by Jack Serle

On October 3 a US airstrike destroyed MSF’s hospital in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan (Photo: Victor Blue/MSF)
 
Scores of US air and drone strikes hit Afghanistan in October as the country’s military and police continued struggling to control the resur… http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/80-us-airstrikes-hit-afghanistan-october-drone-war-rolls/ #AirForceSpecialOperationsCommand, #CentralIntelligenceAgency, #CounterterrorismCenter, #DroneAttacksInPakistan, #LockheedAC130, #UnmannedAerialVehicle

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Does latest drone strike on al Shabaab signal change in US tactics in Somalia?

An AC-130 gunship releases flares (Lockheed Martin/Flikr)
A US drone strike which killed a senior al Shabaab leader in Somalia last Saturday appears to have been part of a change of tactics by the Americans … http://goo.gl/xl5xak #AfricanUnion, #AlQaeda, #AlShabaabMilitantGroup, #FederalGovernmentOfSomalia, #Islamism, #LockheedAC130, #Mogadishu, #Somalia, #UnitedStates, #UnmannedAerialVehicle