KABUL – Frustration over losing war in Afghanistan, US Military bombingshit 10 year high. US forces carried out more airstrikes against the Talibanand other Islamist militia targets than they had in 10 years.
According to a new reportlinkbyUS Air Forces Central Command (USAFCC) published on September 30, September2019 saw more US airstrikes than any month since October 2010, with 1,043bombs being dropped on targets in the country.
“We did step up our attacks on the Taliban since the talks broke down” inearly September, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper admittedlink earlier this week during a trip to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base inOhio. “We did pick up the pace considerably.”
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Moreover, August saw more airstrikes than any previous month in 2019,according to USAFCC data, with some 783 airstrikes by manned and unmannedaircraft.
