In 2019 alone, over 700 civilians were killed in Afghanistan by airstrikes.
"Without speaking to specific rules of engagement surrounding airstrikes, there is currently no requirement to clear airspace with the Taliban, and we do not expect that any future over-the-horizon counterterrorism strikes would hinge on such a clearance."
The U.S. Department of Defense has said that it will not clear its anti-terrorist airstrikes in Afghanistan beforehand with Taliban ruling forces. In this photo, a Taliban fighter stands guard along a street near the Zanbaq Square in Kabul on September 23, 2021.The U.S. usually gets permission from a country's rulers before it conducts anti-terrorism strikes within foreign borders.
Kirby didn't say whether the Taliban had granted the U.S. permission to conduct strikes in Afghanistan. He did say, though, that U.S. aircraft will use extra defensive measures to avoid being shot out down by Taliban military forces. The DOD has worried that terrorists will now flock to Afghanistan since U.S. military forces no longer occupy the country. However, anti-terrorist airstrikes in Afghanistan have also resulted in massive civilian casualties, undermining the DOD's credibility.
On September 17, the DOD admitted that a deadly drone strike against people thought to be members of ISIS-K
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