The U.S. says it has conducted its first airstrike against Taliban forces in Afghanistan, after signing an ambitious peace deal with the militant group days before in the Mideastern state of Qatar.
U.S. military spokesman Col. Sonny Leggett said in a tweet Wednesday that it was the first U.S. attack against the militants in 11 days. He said the “defensive†attack was to counter a Taliban assault on Afghan government forces in Nahr-e Saraj in the southern Helmand province.
Leggett added that Taliban forces had conducted 43 attacks on Afghan troops on Tuesday in Helmand.