U.S. Marines from Charlie 1/1 of the 15th MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit) fill sandbags around their light mortar position on the frontlines of a U.S. Marine Corps base, near a cardboard indication advising everybody that Taliban forces might be anywhere and all over, in southern Afghanistan December 1, 2001.
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WASHINGTON – The United States introduced over night airstrikes versus the Taliban in Afghanistan, a relocation that shows Washington’s intents to continue supporting Afghan forces with battle airplane up until U.S. forces withdraw next month.
Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby on Thursday would not offer more information about the strikes, including what kind of airplane was utilized.
The strikes are the very first understood because Army Gen. Scott Miller, America’s last four-star leader to serve on the ground in Afghanistan, stepped down from his function and went back to the United States.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, and Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley greet General Austin S. Miller, the previous leading U.S. leader in Afghanistan, upon his return, at Andrews Air Force Base, U.S. July 14, 2021.
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In April, President Joe Biden bought the complete withdrawal of roughly 3,000 U.S. soldiers from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, efficiently ending America’s longest war. Last week, Biden offered an upgraded timeline and stated that the U.S. military objective in Afghanistan will end by Aug. 31.
“We did not go to Afghanistan to nation build,” Biden has actually stated. “It’s up to the Afghans to make decisions about the future of their country.”
At the Pentagon on Wednesday, the country’s greatest military officer informed press reporters that the U.S. has actually finished more than 95% of the burden of withdrawing from Afghanistan.
“The sheer volume of movement involved in this operation has been extraordinary,” stated Chairman of the Joint Chiefs U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, including that the U.S. performed more than 980 airlifts of freight in less than 3 months.
“Furthermore, all the military operating bases, outside of Kabul, have been fully transferred to the Afghan Ministry of Defense and the Afghan security forces.”
Last week, the White House revealed it will start evacuation flights this month for Afghan nationals and their households who helped U.S. and NATO union forces throughout America’s longest war.
