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Afghanistan wants the US to send the A-10 back to fight the Taliban

by SOFREP News Team

  • The US is expanding its military campaign in Afghanistan, increasing its troop presence there and targeting Taliban financing.
  • The Afghan government has reportedly requested the US deploy A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft to support those efforts.
  • The US military, which has started to wind down operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, has yet to make a decision.

Afghanistan’s government wants the US to redeploy the A-10 Thunderbolt to bolster efforts to fight the Taliban, according to a Military Times report.

A senior Afghan defense official said that country’s government wants the vaunted A-10, which is highly regarded for its durability and lethality in close-air-support operations, to return to Afghanistan.

 

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  • The US is expanding its military campaign in Afghanistan, increasing its troop presence there and targeting Taliban financing.
  • The Afghan government has reportedly requested the US deploy A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft to support those efforts.
  • The US military, which has started to wind down operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, has yet to make a decision.

Afghanistan’s government wants the US to redeploy the A-10 Thunderbolt to bolster efforts to fight the Taliban, according to a Military Times report.

A senior Afghan defense official said that country’s government wants the vaunted A-10, which is highly regarded for its durability and lethality in close-air-support operations, to return to Afghanistan.

 

Read the whole story from Business Insider.

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