KABUL -- The Afghan Air Force dropped a laser-guided bomb for the first time in an air strike last week on a Taliban hideout in Farah Province, NATO's Resolute Support mission said in a statement Tuesday (March 27).
"On March 22, the Afghan Air Force tasked the A-29 squadron to destroy a Taliban compound in Farah. The Afghan attack pilots were equipped with both guided and unguided bombs, and elected to employ the GBU-58 laser-guided bomb to avoid collateral damage," said the statement.
The air force opted to use the more accurate laser-guided technology because of the target's location near civilians, according to the statement.
