General Austin Scott Miller, the United States' top general in Afghanistan, speaks to journalists at the Resolute Support headquarters, in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday. AP
France 24: US commmander warns Taliban to stop Afghan offensive or face air strikes
The top US commander in Afghanistan Tuesday did not rule out conducting air strikes against the Taliban if they pressed on with their campaign of capturing new territory across the violence-wracked country.
Fighting has surged across the rugged countryside since early May when the US military began its final withdrawal of troops, with the Taliban claiming to have recently captured more than 100 of the over 400 districts across Afghanistan.
"What I like to see is no air strikes, but to get to no air strikes, you stop all violence," General Scott Miller told reporters in Kabul on Tuesday, according to video footage obtained by AFP from US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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WNU Editor: The Taliban now have the momentum to seize much of the country in the coming months .... Taliban doubles number of controlled Afghan districts since May 1 (Long War Journal). They are not going to listen to a US General that will be out of the country in the next two months.
