QATAR – US Air Force Lieutenant General Jeffrey Harrigian says that Americaand Pakistan continued to work closely in the fight against terrorism.
He was addressing a Pentagon press briefing through a video-conference fromCombined Air Operations Center at Al Udeid Airbase, Qatar.
He said we will continue to work closely with our partner Pakistan.
To a question about the close air support mission in Afghanistan, theGeneral said that his command had been able to work closely with theResolute Support headquarters to understand their requirements and thenprovide that air support that’s necessary to support the Afghan partners onthe ground.
General Jeffrey said we look at targets, we’re going to match the bestweapon for that particular target. And based on the assets that we had atthat time in theater.
He said it is his responsibility to make sure that appropriate assets areavailable to support US forces in Afghanistan.