U.S. military spokesman Col. Sonny Leggett said in a tweet that the “defensive” strike was the first U.S. attack against the militants in 11 days.
KABUL, Afghanistan – The U.S. conducted Wednesday its first airstrike against Taliban forces in Afghanistan, a military spokesman said, days after He said the attack was to counter a Taliban assault on Afghan government forces in Nahr-e Saraj in the southern Helmand province.
Leggett called on the Taliban to stop the attacks and uphold their commitments based on the agreement signed on Feb. 29 between their leaders and U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Doha, Qatar, which lays out a conditions-based path to the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan. "They're looking to get this ended, and we're looking to get it ended," Trump told reporters late Tuesday."I think we all have a very common interest. We'll find out about the country itself. But the country really has to get it ended. We've been there for 20 years."
The Taliban have not claimed responsibility for any of these attacks so far or commented on the U.S. airstrike Wednesday.
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