US warplanes help Afghan forces fend off Taliban offensive ...Kuwait

A local government official in the southern province of Helmand said that 'heavy US air strikes' stopped the militants from advancing towards the provincial capital. American warplanes were backing Afghan forces against a major Taliban offensive in the south of the country even as the US military pressed on with a troop withdrawal, officials said Wednesday, but insurgents still captured a northern district. Fierce fighting has erupted in southern Helmand province since the weekend, when the US military formally began withdrawing its remaining troops from Afghanistan.They were supposed to have pulled out by May 1 under a deal struck with the Taliban last year, but Washington pushed back the d

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