KABUL – In a first such strike of its kind in Afghanistan, US Air Forcehas carried out a series of airstrikes on Taliban hideouts near the borderwith Tajikistan and China as efforts are underway to suppress theTaliban-led insurgency across the country as part of the ongoing massiveair campaign, Khaama Press has reported.

Over the past 96 hours, U.S. forces conducted air operations to strikeTaliban training facilities in Badakhshan province, preventing the planningand rehearsal of terrorist acts near the border with China and Tajikistanby such organizations as the East Turkistan Islamic Movement and others,according to a report by NATO-led Resolute Support Mission.

The strikes also destroyed stolen Afghan National Army vehicles that werein the process of being converted to vehicle-borne improvised explosivedevices.

The report further adds that during these strikes, a U.S. Air Force B-52Stratofortress dropped 24 precision guided munitions on Taliban fightingpositions, setting a record of the most guided munitions ever dropped froma B-52.

The aircraft has played a leading role in Air Force operations for decades,and was recently reconfigured with a conventional rotary launcher toincrease its reach and lethality.

Continued U.S. strikes disrupt Taliban support networks in Helmandprovince, as well as destroy their sources of revenue such as illegalnarcotics, the report adds.

According to the Resoute Support, ongoing strikes in Helmand continue todegrade Taliban revenue sources and safe havens. U.S. strikes and ASSFraids have resulted in the removal of more than $30 million of Talibanrevenue since the campaign began in November, 2017.

“The Taliban have nowhere to hide,” said General John Nicholson, commander,USFOR-A. “There will be no safe haven for any terrorist group bent onbringing harm and destruction to this country.”