With the United States planning its withdrawal from Afghanistan, it’s important to remember that the country remains mired in a worsening conflict due to what has dubbed “Pakistan’s proxy war in Afghanistan.”
Reports coming in flights of F/A-18 fighter jets, on U.S.S. Eisenhower, made their way toward Afghanistan from the Arabian Sea — from “the boulevard,” a corridor of airspace in western Pakistan that serves as an air transit route.”
Hitting Pakistani Allies Taliban.
Using “the boulevard,” a corridor of airspace in western Pakistan that serves as an air transit route.”
The Taliban launched an offensive from multiple directions, attacking checkpoints, taking over some of them, while Afghan forces carried out airstrikes and deployed elite commando forces.
Thousands of Afghans were forced to flee their homes as fierce fighting erupted between govt forces and the Taliban in Helmand province – days after the US military began withdrawing its remaining troops from Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.
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