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Well that was quick! U.S. attacks Taliban in Afghanistan

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The United States has conducted an airstrike against the Taliban in Afghanistan after President Donald Trump boasted he secured peace with the group.

Military officials confirmed on Wednesday the airstrike was to interrupt a planned attack on a checkpoint run by the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF).

The strike was from a drone, according to military officials.

US launches airstrike against Taliban hours after Trump claimed he'd secured peace

 

Reply to: The "peace agreement" that wasn't

    (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 05 2020, @03:49AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 05 2020, @03:49AM (#966835)

    The original ceasefire was between the U.S. and Taliban for 1 week. It allowed the U.S. and the Taliban to negotiate the terms of peace talks later. They reached an agreement for those talks. The problem is that the U.S. made concessions they couldn't keep without the cooperation of the current Afghanistan government, and then tried to force them to comply. The current Afghanistan government said "no" because they got no benefit and all the downside. So a few days later the ceasefire ended. It's not really a surprise for hostilities to start up when there isn't any ceasefire or prospect of peace talks until the Afghanistan election is sorted out.

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