- The US is expanding its military campaign in Afghanistan, increasing its troop presence there and targeting Taliban financing.
- The Afghan government has reportedly requested the US deploy A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft to support those efforts.
- The US military, which has started to wind down operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, has yet to make a decision.
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Afghanistan wants the US to send the A-10 back to fight the Taliban
The US is intensifying air operations in its 16-year-old war in Afghanistan, but the military has yet to decide whether the A-10 will return.
Afghanistan's government wants the US to redeploy the A-10 Thunderbolt to bolster efforts to fight the Taliban, according to a Military Times report.
A senior Afghan defense official said that country's government wants the vaunted A-10, which is highly regarded for its durability and lethality in close-air-support operations, to return to Afghanistan.
No decision on A-10 deployments has been made, according to Air Force Brig. Gen. Lance Bunch, who directs US air operations in Afghanistan. "
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