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ROME, Dec 7 (KUNA) -- Two Italian fighter jets in Afghanistan have
destroyed two Taliban's telecommunication and radio broadcast antennas, in a
second operation of its kind against facilities of Taliban militias, the
general command of Italian air forces announced on Friday.
In a statement, the general command mentioned that two of its AMX fighter
jets, operating within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-led
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), have destroyed two
telecommunication antennas, which were used by group of armed militias in the
district of Bakwa in Afghanistan's western Farah province, by laser-guided
bombs (LGB).
It said that destroying those antennas was considered the fighter jets'
second target during the past few weeks, noting that the destroyed antennas
were equipped with solar-energy panels, which were installed on top of a
mountain and were revealed by analytical images taken by AMX's surveillance
systems.
Furthermore, the statement noted that the operation were executed with
participation of the remote piloted General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, which
monitored the area for a period of time until it found the two antennas. (end)
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