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US Soldiers Fought on Horses with GPS Bombs: The Untold Afghan War Story
In 2001, a handful of US Special Forces rode horses into Afghanistan to topple the Taliban. They combined 19th-century cavalry tactics with 21st-century technology, like GPS-guided bombs from B-52s. This is the true story of how less than 50 soldiers, led by CIA officer Mike Spann, allied with warlords to defeat 60,000 Taliban in two months. But the victory was bloody: a prison revolt at Qala-i-Janghi fortress killed the first American combatant, revealed a US citizen fighting for the enemy, and exposed the chaos of war. Based on Doug Stanton's book 'Horse Soldiers,' this video reveals the raw, untold reality of unconventional warfare.
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