The Taliban have created problems for Biden - the US is getting involved in the Afghan war again
US combat aircraft have resumed strikes on Taliban positions in Afghanistan, despite the withdrawal of American troops from this country ending by August 31.
Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
It is noted that the strikes are being carried out against Taliban formations that have blocked the administrative centers of the provinces of Kandahar and Helmand. The bombing involved aircraft and UAVs taking off from air bases in the Persian Gulf and the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier. In addition, the B-52 strategic bomber appeared over Kabul for the first time in recent years.
Apparently, his flight is also a demonstration of Washington's determined intentions to intervene in the situation.
Apparently, things are very bad for the Afghan government, as confirmed by General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces. Of Afghanistan's approximately 420 districts, about 212 are currently in Taliban hands, he said. They are advancing in the suburbs of 17 provincial administrative centers and the capital of the country, Kabul, and have also captured border crossings with Iran, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, through which trade with foreign countries takes place.
“It seems that by resuming airstrikes, the team of the 46th American president, who did not expect such a rapid collapse of the Afghan army, created and trained by the United States, realized that the military victory of the Taliban and the collapse of the Ghani government could deal a strong blow to itself and put an end to the possible Biden's second presidential term. Hence such a chaotic reaction to the current situation. As a result, the decisions made do not resolve existing problems, but, on the contrary, only give rise to new ones,” NG summarizes.
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