by Abdul Wali Arian
NATO's Resolute Support Mission (RS) has said that the U.S forces have participated in more than 20 percent of special operations in Afghanistan, noting that the U.S soldiers conducted at least 220 air strikes on insurgents' hideouts and safe havens this year.
Talking on the impact of foreign air power in the battles, the Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) has said that air cooperation by the US forces to their Afghan counterparts has foiled numerous plots by insurgents to takeover some areas across the country.
War against terrorism, backing, advising and training the Afghan security forces are the main duties of U.S forces in Afghanistan within the framework of NATO Resolute Support Mission (RS) in Afghanistan.
"The targeted attacks which are carried out with special concentration in-fact eliminate Taliban's power pole and their strength," said Sediq Sediqqi, spokesman for the MoI.
Afghan security forces have carried out more than 3,000 anti-terror and anti-Taliban operations since the start of the current year with the foreign forces participating in 20 percent of the special operations.
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