Huge B-52 bombers and aircraft carrier being sent to Middle East in warning to the Taliban
HUGE B-52 bombers and aircraft carrier are being sent to the Middle East as a warning to the Taliban.
Lloyd Austin, the defense secretary, and Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, suggested leaving a counterterrorist force to boost the Kabul government after the US quits the landlocked country.America will withdraw all of its troopsThe Taliban had insisted that Washington stick to a February 2020 agreement the militants had reached with Donald Trump's administration to complete the US withdrawal by May 1.
Austin has approved an extension of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower's deployment in the Middle East for a period of time. The Afghan air force has just 34 "combat-capable" planes and five attack choppers says London-based Institute for Strategic Studies.The Times adds: "This would suggest a naval presence in the Arabian Sea, which is 300 miles south of Afghanistan, on a more permanent basis."AMERICA's operations in Afghanistan - launched after the 9/11 attacks - have come at great cost.: Number of US personnel who have died in Afghanistan since 2001.
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