KABUL -- The Afghan air force is planning to start dropping laser-guided bombs on Taliban hideouts in the near future, said a top US military general in Afghanistan Wednesday (February 7).
"Three A-29 pilots are now trained to drop laser-guided munitions. The first was dropped in training in December, so the Taliban can look forward to those laser-guided bombs raining on what used to be safe havens in the near future," Maj. Gen. James Hecker, commander of the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Afghanistan, told reporters at the Pentagon via teleconference from Kabul.
The Afghan air force takes every step possible to protect civilians, according to Hecker.
"We will continue to support the ANDSF [Afghan National Defence and Security Forces] to defend Afghanistan in the most responsible manner possible," he added.
"In 2017, the Afghan air force conducted approximately 2,000 air strike sorties, or roughly 40 strikes -- sorties each week, with a record high of nearly 80 missions in a single week in October," he said.
That is nearly double the number of strikes being carried out by coalition aircraft, which average about 25 strikes a week, according to Hecker.
In my opinion the route through which the Taliban are being supported should be blocked. Moreover, major Taliban supporters in Presidential Palace and other governmental offices should be prosecuted.
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