The Taliban is gaining ground in Afghanistan faster than expected, U.S. defense officials say.
for breaking news and politicsmade clear he has no plans to change course as the U.S. aims to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.. “They have got to fight for themselves, fight for their nation.”
is still conducting one to five airstrikes each day — weather permitting — a defense official said, primarily using unmanned drones that are flown from neighboring countries. After withdrawing nearly every U.S. military asset from Afghanistan, the U.S. deployed a small number of helicopters, pilots and maintainers back to Kabul so the U.S. could also fly manned airstrike missions, too. The helicopters are to provide personnel recovery in case one of the manned fighter jets goes down.
In recent weeks, U.S. airstrikes have destroyed multiple D30 artillery pieces, multiple tanks, MRAPs and Humvees that the Taliban could use to target Afghan Security Forces.
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