US carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan, says Pentagon

The US carried out airstrikes across Afghanistan in the last several days in a bid to extend support to the Afghan security forces fighting Taliban insurgents, the Pentagon said.

The US carried out airstrikes across Afghanistan in the last several days as part of an effort to support the Afghan security forces fighting Taliban insurgents, the Pentagon has said. The news of US airstrikes in Afghanistan came a day after America's most senior military officer admitted that the Taliban had gained "strategic momentum," with their forces now controlling about half of Afghanistan's more than 400 district centres.