Major Joshua Mast

And so it's a very developed con op with all of the basic intel that supported this strike. And it was very clear that these were foreign fighters and exactly where they were from. And at the time, that was all classified. Where were they from?

And so it's a very developed con op with all of the basic intel that supported this strike. And it was very clear that these were foreign fighters and exactly where they were from. And at the time, that was all classified. Where were they from?

And so it's a very developed con op with all of the basic intel that supported this strike. And it was very clear that these were foreign fighters and exactly where they were from. And at the time, that was all classified. Where were they from?

So the intel that we had was they were from Turkmenistan and that this specific 10-digit grid compound was a repeat sending foreign fighters of different nationalities. And they were feeding them into the Haqqani Network and Taliban victory units or Taliban Red Units. To work, you know, fight against us.

So the intel that we had was they were from Turkmenistan and that this specific 10-digit grid compound was a repeat sending foreign fighters of different nationalities. And they were feeding them into the Haqqani Network and Taliban victory units or Taliban Red Units. To work, you know, fight against us.

So the intel that we had was they were from Turkmenistan and that this specific 10-digit grid compound was a repeat sending foreign fighters of different nationalities. And they were feeding them into the Haqqani Network and Taliban victory units or Taliban Red Units. To work, you know, fight against us.

And so they were, this particular group happened to be from Turkmenistan and we had that high fidelity. It was the, one of the senior leaders in this group. It's called the Turkestan Islamic Party. And we all had that properly declassified through the foreign disclosure officer of US4A at some point in this process to help us.

And so they were, this particular group happened to be from Turkmenistan and we had that high fidelity. It was the, one of the senior leaders in this group. It's called the Turkestan Islamic Party. And we all had that properly declassified through the foreign disclosure officer of US4A at some point in this process to help us.

And so they were, this particular group happened to be from Turkmenistan and we had that high fidelity. It was the, one of the senior leaders in this group. It's called the Turkestan Islamic Party. And we all had that properly declassified through the foreign disclosure officer of US4A at some point in this process to help us.

informed decision makers about the fidelity of where exactly these people came from and and since then we've we've actually had numerous conversation with the Rangers who recovered off objective and like there is literally nothing To contradict that in US government possession Wow it's unbelievable that we're even having this conversation and have to say like where's she from because to me you have in Afghanistan in 2019 you're you're what 19 years into the war and

informed decision makers about the fidelity of where exactly these people came from and and since then we've we've actually had numerous conversation with the Rangers who recovered off objective and like there is literally nothing To contradict that in US government possession Wow it's unbelievable that we're even having this conversation and have to say like where's she from because to me you have in Afghanistan in 2019 you're you're what 19 years into the war and

informed decision makers about the fidelity of where exactly these people came from and and since then we've we've actually had numerous conversation with the Rangers who recovered off objective and like there is literally nothing To contradict that in US government possession Wow it's unbelievable that we're even having this conversation and have to say like where's she from because to me you have in Afghanistan in 2019 you're you're what 19 years into the war and

You have developed HUMINT. You have developed SIGINT. You have all sorts of assets for the JTF. Like, it's getting to be wintertime, so the fighting season's winding down, so they're chopping most of the assets to the JTF to use, right? Because they're still hunting terrorists because they have a counterterrorism combat mission, right?

You have developed HUMINT. You have developed SIGINT. You have all sorts of assets for the JTF. Like, it's getting to be wintertime, so the fighting season's winding down, so they're chopping most of the assets to the JTF to use, right? Because they're still hunting terrorists because they have a counterterrorism combat mission, right?

You have developed HUMINT. You have developed SIGINT. You have all sorts of assets for the JTF. Like, it's getting to be wintertime, so the fighting season's winding down, so they're chopping most of the assets to the JTF to use, right? Because they're still hunting terrorists because they have a counterterrorism combat mission, right?

They're there to kill al-Qaeda, Haqqani Network, and senior Talibs. And at that time, interestingly, the president, I think the next day, I think September 7th, The president had canceled the peace negotiations with the Taliban because they did an attack in the green zone that killed an American Green Beret, a staff sergeant, and a Romanian NATO SOF.

They're there to kill al-Qaeda, Haqqani Network, and senior Talibs. And at that time, interestingly, the president, I think the next day, I think September 7th, The president had canceled the peace negotiations with the Taliban because they did an attack in the green zone that killed an American Green Beret, a staff sergeant, and a Romanian NATO SOF.

They're there to kill al-Qaeda, Haqqani Network, and senior Talibs. And at that time, interestingly, the president, I think the next day, I think September 7th, The president had canceled the peace negotiations with the Taliban because they did an attack in the green zone that killed an American Green Beret, a staff sergeant, and a Romanian NATO SOF.

He was so appropriately incensed that they would do these sorts of attacks when we're in good faith negotiating a reduction in violence to try to get to a solution for Afghanistan that he canceled their flight and turned them around. They were going to meet at Camp David that weekend and announce the peace deal. And he shut that down and turned it around.

He was so appropriately incensed that they would do these sorts of attacks when we're in good faith negotiating a reduction in violence to try to get to a solution for Afghanistan that he canceled their flight and turned them around. They were going to meet at Camp David that weekend and announce the peace deal. And he shut that down and turned it around.