Taliban Captures US Military Dog Following Raid
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The Taliban are a twisted bunch. They pretty much don’t like anyone except other Taliban, and that includes dogs, which Muslims consider unclean, so the future of the dog belonging to the US military following a raid in eastern Afghanistan late last year is uncertain.
A spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul confirmed that a military dog had gone missing and a video posted on the insurgents’ website on Wednesday and later on Facebook shows the animal, named by the Taliban as “Colonel”, being held on a leash in a small, well-lit courtyard surrounded by five men holding guns and grenades.
Wearing a black vest with pouches for equipment, the dark brown canine wags its tail and later perks up its ears as the militants begin chanting “Allah hu Akbar” (“God is greatest”).
The video’s narrator says three guns, one pistol and other equipment including a GPS and a torch were seized from the dog, which was captured after a US operation in Alingar, a volatile district in Afghanistan’s Laghman province.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told AFP Thursday: “The Americans conducted an operation on the positions of Mujahideen in Alingar district (of Laghman province).
“The Mujahideen put up fierce resistance and repelled the attack…The Mujahideen seized some weapons and also a dog which we later learnt the Americans called ‘Colonel’.”
The Taliban spokesman said that “Colonel” is alive and well, adding that his fate would be determined later.
“We can confirm that a military working dog went missing following an ISAF mission in December, 2013. It is ISAF policy to defer identification to the appropriate national authorities. Military working dogs are used for several purposes, primarily for explosives or drug detection,” an ISAF spokesman said.
Hundreds of canines have been deployed by US forces in Afghanistan for tasks such as seeking out improvised explosive devices (IED) responsible for the vast majority of both military and civilian casualties in the war-torn country and the bravest among them are awarded medals and wounded animals are airlifted from the front line to be taken for treatment.
The video can be viewed here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=589086204504528&set=vb.259773434102475&type=2&theater
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If they hurt the dog I will be glad to re-enlist to go kill some of them, or some who put the dog in harms way, whichever I reach first. Animals are not part of humans political or religious fights and should be left out of the process. This dog does not understand one human side from the other, why should he be made to pay with his life for our blunders.
Not being North Koreans, at least we know they will not eat the dog.