PV International Desk : The US military in the past few days conducted airstrikes in Afghanistan to support Afghan security forces, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

According to media reports, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said that “in the last several days, we have acted, through airstrikes, to support the ANDSF (Afghan National Defense and Security Forces),” without providing details.

A defense official told the Associated Press that the U.S. military conducted more than four airstrikes supporting Afghan forces on Wednesday and Thursday.

At least two of the strikes targeting military equipment that the Taliban had taken from the Afghan forces, and others targeting Taliban fighting positions, including at least one strike in the southern province of Kandahar, said the report.

These airstrikes came as the security situation in the war-torn country deteriorated and the U.S. drawdown was almost completed.

Source-Xinhua

Edited By-SPT