Sonny Leggett, a US military spokesman based in Afghanistan, said in a tweet that an airstrike was carried out against 25 armed Taliban fighters executing a coordinated attack on an Afghan force checkpoint in Farah province in the west. (AP)American forces conducted two airstrikes on Taliban fighters to foil the militant group's plan to launch attacks on Afghan security forces, a US military spokesman said on Friday, in a move that could hurt the peace process. The airstrikes, conducted in two different provinces, were the first since the start of the Id ceasefire declared by the Taliban and Afghan forces last month. Sonny Leggett, a US military spokesman based in Afghanistan, said in a tweet that an airstrike was carried out against 25 armed Taliban fighters executing a coordinated attack on an Afghan force checkpoint in Farah province in the west. President Trump in recent weeks has restated his desire for a full military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Source: The Telegraph June 05, 2020 16:41 UTC