US launches airstrike against Taliban to defend Afghan forces
Taliban militants and villagers gather to celebrate a peace deal and their victory in the conflict with the US, in the Alingar district of Laghman Province, Afghanistan on March 2, 2020. Just days later, a series of deadly attacks by the militants on Afghan security forces and a retaliatory airstrike by the United States have thrown the peace pact into doubt. – AFP pic, March 4, 2020.
THE US launched an airstrike against Taliban fighters to defend Afghan forces today, an American military spokesman said, as violence spirals after a string of deadly attacks by the insurgents, throwing the country’s nascent peace process into grave doubt. News of the airstrike in southern Helmand province – the first in 11 days – came hours after US President Donald Trump told reporters he had had a “very good” chat with the Taliban political chief, who on Saturday signed a historic deal with Washington to withdraw foreign forces.
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