B-52s lead new US airpower onslaught to stop Taliban advances in Afghanistan

[Xestan]

The United States was sending B-52 bombers, AC-130 gunships and fighter jets into Afghanistan Saturday to turn back dramatic recent advances by the Taliban.

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers, the mainstay of American strategic airpower since 1952, were flying into Afghanistan from al-Udeid airbase in Qatar, The Times of London reported, citing Defense Department sources.

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, stationed in the Arabian Sea, is contributing its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets to the missions, but they are not involved in the bombing, the report states. Lockheed AC-130 Spectre attack planes, dubbed “the world’s deadliest gunship,” have also been sent into action.

The onslaught of American airpower comes as the Taliban makes territorial gains throughout Afghanistan in the wake of the near-total departure of U.S. forces ordered by President Biden.

A US Airforce B-52 Stratofortress heavy bomber drops bombs over Afghanistan.U.S. Airforce/Getty Images


The city of Zaranj in Nimroz, a southwest province bordering Iran, was overrun by the Taliban Friday, making it the first provincial capital to fall since foreign troops began their withdrawal. Meanwhile, insurgents in the Afghan capital of Kabul, assassinated Dawa Khan Menapal, the government’s chief media officer, according to sources.

The deteriorating security situation forced the US Embassy on Saturday to urge American citizens to leave Afghanistan immediately.

“The defense sources insisted that there was every intention to continue with the airstrikes after August 31, the date set for the withdrawal of the last remaining US troops in Afghanistan,” the Times reports.

B-52s lead new US airpower onslaught to stop Taliban advances in Afghanistan

The United States was sending B-52 bombers, AC-130 gunships and fighter jets into Afghanistan Saturday to turn back dramatic recent advances by the Taliban.

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[Titanium100]

This will only help Taliban gain the country entirely without much fighting.. As even these who support the gov't will start to support the Taliban. Such airstrikes are no deterence to Taliban as the country has huge mountains and one of the reasons the 20 year effort failed to begin with.. This will only massarce civilians not Taliban hence the Afghan people will autmatically be handed to taliban without much fighting..

This will benefit the taliban greatly

 

[arjunk]

This will only help Taliban gain the country entirely without much fighting.. As even these who support the gov't will start to support the Taliban. Such airstrikes are no deterence to Taliban as the country has huge mountains and one of the reasons the 20 year effort failed to begin with.. This will only massarce civilians not Taliban hence the Afghan people will autmatically be handed to taliban without much fighting..

This will benefit the taliban greatly

The purpose of this war was not to defeat the taliban, but to stuff the pockets of defence contractors. The US has destroyed yet another Muslim country and profited greatly for it. I don't see Afghanistan fully recovering from this for at least the next 25 years.

 

[Xestan]

This will only help Taliban gain the country entirely without much fighting.. As even these who support the gov't will start to support the Taliban. Such airstrikes are no deterence to Taliban as the country has huge mountains and one of the reasons the 20 year effort failed to begin with.. This will only massarce civilians not Taliban hence the Afghan people will autmatically be handed to taliban without much fighting..

This will benefit the taliban greatly

Actually, the airpower is to deny the Taliban any hold of the cities. Remember it was the US bombing which helped the Northern Alliance carve through the Taliban like a knife in 2001. Air power will decide who holds the cities and it will be a major difference.

 

[Riz]

China and Russia should consider the sale of S-400 or HQ9 to Taliban so that no country can breached the airspace of a sovereign nation

 

[CIA Mole]

China and Russia should consider the sale of S-400 or HQ9 to Taliban so that no country can breached the airspace of a sovereign nation

India should also send the army

 

[Battlion25]

Actually, the airpower is to deny the Taliban any hold of the cities. Remember it was the US bombing which helped the Northern Alliance carve through the Taliban like a knife in 2001. Air power will decide who holds the cities and it will be a major difference.

Taliban retreated to the Mountains and it was due to land incursions not airstrikes itself as they do nothing.. Bombing a civilian city only kills civilians period not Taliban and serves as no deterence but hand Taliban Afghanistan.. This will turn all civilians into taliban.. This is the best recruitment for Taliban.. Killing their antis and turning them into supporters

 

[ziaulislam]

this airpower is unsustainable for the US, they are flying in tankers and bombers from qatar ( over our airspace lol), they cant risk stationing personnel in afghanistan anymore

however... if they choose to continue bombing after aug 31 despite the logistical problems now, it could change things. The fact that the US had stepped up bombing is a sign they didnt expect the cities to fall this soon

B52 can fly for ever
Its not unsustainble

But destruction will be devastating

 

[mudas777]

The United States was sending B-52 bombers, AC-130 gunships and fighter jets into Afghanistan Saturday to turn back dramatic recent advances by the Taliban.

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers, the mainstay of American strategic airpower since 1952, were flying into Afghanistan from al-Udeid airbase in Qatar, The Times of London reported, citing Defense Department sources.

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, stationed in the Arabian Sea, is contributing its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets to the missions, but they are not involved in the bombing, the report states. Lockheed AC-130 Spectre attack planes, dubbed “the world’s deadliest gunship,” have also been sent into action.

The onslaught of American airpower comes as the Taliban makes territorial gains throughout Afghanistan in the wake of the near-total departure of U.S. forces ordered by President Biden.

A US Airforce B-52 Stratofortress heavy bomber drops bombs over Afghanistan.U.S. Airforce/Getty Images


The city of Zaranj in Nimroz, a southwest province bordering Iran, was overrun by the Taliban Friday, making it the first provincial capital to fall since foreign troops began their withdrawal. Meanwhile, insurgents in the Afghan capital of Kabul, assassinated Dawa Khan Menapal, the government’s chief media officer, according to sources.

The deteriorating security situation forced the US Embassy on Saturday to urge American citizens to leave Afghanistan immediately.

“The defense sources insisted that there was every intention to continue with the airstrikes after August 31, the date set for the withdrawal of the last remaining US troops in Afghanistan,” the Times reports.

B-52s lead new US airpower onslaught to stop Taliban advances in Afghanistan

The United States was sending B-52 bombers, AC-130 gunships and fighter jets into Afghanistan Saturday to turn back dramatic recent advances by the Taliban.

nypost.com

Same thing US did to Laos and Cambodia before running out of Vietnam and it was plain and simple massacre of civilians in those both countries. Taliban's should live stream the carpet bombing results before, during and after the raid on YouTube or similar platform so US public can see the atrocities while being committed on their name. Why US is not pushing Ghani government to go, so negotiations can take place and Taliban advances can be halted by ceasefire and human misery can be stopped and human lives can be saved.

 

[jamahir]

The purpose of this war was not to defeat the taliban, but to stuff the pockets of defence contractors.

Agreed.

The US has destroyed yet another Muslim country and profited greatly for it.

That began in Afghanistan in the 1980s when the Western governments funded and trained that transnational criminal gang called the Mujahideen.

 

[waz]

Not going to do much. The most accurate and productive strikes are led by personal on the ground. Air imagery can be disrupted by weather and no way makes up for real time intelligence from boots on the ground.
The front lines are also fluid and a simple change could mean the US hitting the ANA. Using air power to stop an advance on a city is simple with an enemy using mass armour and columns of men, this isn't the case with the Taliban and they won't go down that route. They infiltrate in large enough numbers and overrun part of the city, by that time it is all over and using air strikes will cause massive civilian deaths.

 

[wali87]

What exactly are the US bombing with so much payload ?? Cities ?

 

[smali183]

The construction development that the United States has done in twenty years is now being demolished again by the bombing of B-52s, meaning it is an attempt to bring Afghanistan back to the way it was in the 90s.