U.S. airstrikes hit Taliban targets in Afghanistan
By
Ed Adamczyk
March 17 (UPI) -- Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan were targeted by U.S. airstrikes this week as the White House approaches a deadline for withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country.
Attacks in the Zharay, Spin Boldak and Kandahar districts of the country's southern Kandahar province came in the past 48 hours, a Twitter statement on Wednesday by U.S. Forces-Afghanistan spokesman Col. Sonny Leggett said.
The number of casualties was not disclosed, but the statement said that the airstrikes were in support of Afghan ground troops, as Taliban forces were "actively attacking and maneuvering on" Afghan army positions, Leggett said.
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