US forces expand air campaign against Taliban into northern Afghanistan

摘要

The US military announced on 6 February that it had launched a series of precision strikes in northern Afghanistan in an effort to destroy insurgent revenue sources, training facilities, and support networks."Over the past 96 hours US forces conducted air operations to strike Taliban training facilities in Badakhshan Province, preventing the planning and rehearsal of terrorist acts near the border with China and Tajikistan," United States Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) said in a statement, adding that the strikes also destroyed stolen Afghan National Army vehicles that were being converted into vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices.