KABUL – The United States has set a new record of bombing in Afghanistan.

As per media report, US dropped more bombs and other munitions inAfghanistan in the first 10 months of this year comparing to any other fullyear in the last one decade, a report by Stars and Stripes shows.

The report quotes US Air Force Central Command as saying that US forcesreleased 5,982 munitions in Afghanistan and the coalition aircraft flewnearly 6,600 times between the start of 2018 and end of October, of whichabout 12 percent carried out strikes during that period, TOLO News hasreported.

The new figures reported amid the previous records show that in 2011, USforces dropped 5,400 bombs and munitions that was the highest number sofar.

The latest figures surpass the previous annual record of about 5,400recorded in 2011 at the height of the US troop surge. AFCENT’s figuresinclude both bomb and missile strikes, 105mm shells fired by AC-130gunships and strafing fire from 20mm cannons and up, read the report.

The figures given by the US Air Force Central Command (AFCENT) include bothbomb and missile strike, 105mm shells fired by AC-130 gunships and strafingfire from 20mm cannons and up, the Stars and Stripes report said.