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

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 […]

  • 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.

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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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