US ups airstrikes to support Afghan forces

By Robert Burns
Updated July 28 2021 - 10:55am, first published 10:49am
The US is step[ping up its airstrikes in Afghanistan before it withdraws its troops from the region.
The US is step[ping up its airstrikes in Afghanistan before it withdraws its troops from the region.

The US military has launched more than a dozen airstrikes in the past week in support of Afghan government forces in their fight against the Taliban, a sharp spike over the handful that were done in the previous six weeks, according to US officials.

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