Kabul- The United States launched airstrikes on the Taliban in Afghanistan’s Kandahar and Helmand provinces. The Taliban suffered heavy casualties in the attack. Besides, it has reacted by threatening the United States with dire consequences. The Taliban has not revealed whether it will launch attacks on US troops that are preparing to withdraw. But the attack has had a profound effect; the United States has sent a clear message that it will not allow the Taliban to have its way in Afghanistan.
More than 100 civilians have been killed in a bloody Taliban massacre in Afghanistan’s Spin Buldak. It is claimed that some of the bodies are still lying on the streets of Spin Buldak. Mirwaiz Stanikzai, a spokesman of Afghanistan’s interior ministry, blamed Pakistan for the Taliban’s brutality in Spin Buldak. The Taliban is killing innocent Afghans at the behest of Pakistan’s leadership in Punjab. This has exposed the true face of the enemy,’ Stanikzai alleged. The Taliban also beheaded Afghans working as interpreters for the US military. Hence, these incidents gave the impression that the Taliban’s terror had increased and the Afghan government had become weaker. The United States took this seriously.
