A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off for a nighttime mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, August 22, 2017. Picture taken August 22, 2017. © Josh Smith / Reuters
FOX News: US drops more bombs in Afghanistan as war against ISIS winds down
U.S. military aircraft dropped more bombs in Afghanistan last month than against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, according to a new Air Force strike report from its Central Command headquarters in the Middle East, a sign the war against ISIS is winding down.
In March, U.S. jets and drones fired roughly 350 bombs and other munitions against the Taliban and an ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. military dropped around 300 bombs against the last remnants of ISIS, as the terror army moves underground after losing tens of thousands of fighters.
The number of bombs dropped against ISIS in Iraq and Syria last month was the fewest recorded since airstrikes began in August 2014. In comparison, the U.S. dropped more than 5,000 bombs in August 2017 against ISIS in Iraq and Syria making the March 2018 total just 5 percent of the month’s peak less than a year ago.
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Update #1: US drops more bombs in Afghanistan than Iraq and Syria for first time in 4 years (Stars and Stripes)
Update #2: US dropped more bombs on Afghanistan than Syria and Iraq last month (RT)
WNU Editor: This shift is going to intensify throughout the year.
2 comments:
Good then in Vader China
The US is suffering from whiplash in the ME. Just when it thinks it can pull out, it gets yanked back in elsewhere. If the US has major interests in Syria then Russia, Iran and Turkey have a say where the US focuses its forces.
Given the billions in annual arms sales to the ME and the Israeli-US alliance, there is no way the US can walk away from the ME.
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