The US has no plans to ask permission from the Taliban if it decides to bomb Afghanistan in the future, the Pentagon said on Friday.
Since the withdrawal, the US has maintained that it has “over the horizon capabilities” to carry out airstrikes in Afghanistan. But even though the Taliban is leading the new Afghan government, the Pentagon has no plans to coordinate with them on potential airstrikes.
“We retain all necessary authorities to execute over-the-horizon counterterrorism operations, and we remain confident in these capabilities moving forward,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told Military Times.
“Without speaking to specific rules of engagement surrounding airstrikes, there is currently no requirement to clear airspace with the Taliban, and we do not expect that any future over the horizon counterterrorism strikes would hinge on such a clearance,” he said.
The US has hinted at further intervention and airstrikes in Afghanistan under the guise of fighting ISIS-K. The Taliban have accepted air support from the US in the past against ISIS-K, but since the withdrawal was completed, the Taliban have said they don’t need foreign help to fight the terrorist group.
The last known US airstrike in Afghanistan took place on August 29th in Kabul, which killed 10 civilians, including seven children. The Pentagon initially claimed the strike targeted ISIS-K, but it was forced to admit that only civilians were killed in the bombing.
Nothing better to do with the money?
At least the effectiveness against ISIS-K will be now known. Taliban will not hide any civilian casualties, it was easy before — we aline could declare any bombing success.
I don’t think the art of denying civilian casualties will end because the US is no longer there. We alone were the only ones claiming any, and all, of our bombings were successful whilst still there. Why would that change?
The Taliban won’t hide or deny civilian casualties. They are too civilized to lie about mass casualties as a perverse form of bragging about kills.
“Taliban hangs bodies in public, signalling a return to past tactics” – Associated Press, Sept. 25, 2021.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/taliban-hangs-bodies-in-public-signalling-a-return-to-past-tactics/B5B7YG7RHE4AJN5ZMCUIMVZBJ4/
IS Khorisan Western proxies deserve the Taliban treatment anyway.
I meant the US would continue to do so. If we bomb a supposed “terrorist” target and hit civilians yet again, we will continue to say we are guiltless regardless if the Taliban reports the truth. I swear we’d still be denying the strike that killed that family if the head of the family hadn’t been employed by the US.
The intense warmonger hate for Biden is all that allows that story to stay alive.
Looks like Biden is trying to compensate with COVID-1984, but the warmonger class doesn’t forget let alone forgive. Trump wussed out on Syria after five U.S. troops were killed, allowed all-but mutiny to stay in, and still got turfed out and legally hounded post-presidency.
They’ll take that QR-coded security state and hose Biden just because. That little speech Biden made on the end of the Forever Wars was great trolling though.
He may not be as senile as advertised. Or he is…
How about we use the money to liberate Australia.
It doesn’t matter whether or not the Taliban hide civilian casualties, because the western MSM will refuse to report them.
After twenty years of carnage in Afghanistan, the MSM paid attention literally only at the very end. And the only reason that the MSM cared about the civilians murdered in that last drone strike was to punish Biden for withdrawing from Afghanistan.
That’s alright since the Taliban won’t ask the US when it bombs it
They don’t have the capability. Stay home and the Taliban will never be a concern.
There is more than one way to bomb. I am sure you are aware of that
Sure. Through terrorist attacks. So that narrows it down to damn near anyone in the world. Staying home solves that problem too.
Bombing and killing civilians is a terrorist act. Its just the US does not call it that as long as America is doing it.
“…the US has maintained that it has “over the horizon capabilities” to carry out airstrikes in Afghanistan. But even though the Taliban is leading the new Afghan government, the Pentagon has no plans to coordinate with them on potential airstrikes.”
Afghanistan has maintained that it has “over the horizon capabilities” to carry out airstrikes in the USA. But even though Biden is leading the new white house , the Taliban has no plans to coordinate with them on potential airstrikes.
Golly, folks, can one truly grasp this slimy,wet,squirming, bs?
Afghanistan is the new North Korea.
The Taliban has not been officially recognized as the government of Afghanistan, and even Russia considers the Taliban to still be a terrorist group.
Therefore, the U.S. does not legally have to coordinate any military activity with the Taliban; in fact they are technically still at war.
Turkey is negotiating to recognize the Taliban, in exchange for the Taliban surrendering Kabul International Airport to Turkey and Qatar.
https://www.westernjournal.com/taliban-recognized-legitimate-government-new-deal-solve-airport-conflict-report/
i love vietnam redux-insanity thats looped…Terrorism with a disgraced musket under a polluted flag goes back a long way huckleberry…A variant on the vietnam syndrome with the same sniffles and whines of ED. Or some metal for ya Rubicon jumper-you never lose battles but never ever will win the war[s]…
“While the U.S. generally negotiates agreements with countries where it conducts strikes, the Pentagon considers Afghanistan essentially a free space, following the collapse of its elected government in August.”
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby:
“Without speaking to specific rules of engagement surrounding air strikes, there is currently no requirement to clear airspace with the Taliban, and we do not expect that any future over-the-horizon counterterrorism strikes would hinge on such a clearance.”
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/09/24/us-wont-be-asking-taliban-permission-to-strike-terror-groups-in-afghanistan/
In other words we can bomb the sh*t out out of our “free space” and the only requirement is that we say we can.
I think he is recapitulating the joy and deeply experiencing the fated preordained certainty of enslaving the indigenous natives of Western Africa and uprooting the natives of the new world . Civilized rules of the parliaments,Popes, courts of the king like Louis the XVIIIII did not apply and still don’t to people whose lives fail to enjoy tor appreciate the blessings of those civilizational gifts. There is a direct benefit from weakening a nation from outside by using the inside. Venezuela Syria and Afghanistan can attest to the durability of the Biblical guidance even when expressed through the secular lyrics or through the absolute power writ large in the Tuesday Kill List.
that is terrorism . America should be told in no uncertain terms. Afghan will have right to exact evenge
Depends on what you mean by revenge.
The Taliban are entitled only to direct defense of their airspace, not war by any means, just like every other nation on the planet.
Indiscriminate warfare and belligerance is a Western Privilege thing.
Oh, okay, so we ARE still at war with Afghanistan.
What’s up with that, Bye-den?
Technically the war on terror AUMF declares war on any entity, anywhere, the US says they exist. We are not at war with the Taliban, at this time.
You would think that this would be a violation of Afghan airspace- a clear violation of Afghan sovereignty. But then we’re going after terrorists, right? I wonder if Washington would be so accommodating if the Afghans decided to attack targets in the US based on that same argument.
The war on terror AUMF is a violation of every nations sovereignty, including the US.
So this is the USA’s idea of end of war and start of diplomacy.
The US’ intelligence over how to accurately direct drone strikes was notorious even before the CIA left Afghanistan. Now, I would think it’s nonexistent. Any “over the horizon” capabilities are going to be pretty much random.
No, the U.S. and NATO will attempt to sculpt Afghan socio-politics using targeted assassinations and infrastructure attacks.
U.S.-NATO drone strikes won’t be random; there will always be method even to seeming madness.
Drones were notoriously vulnerable to spoofing.
The U.S. has to drone from afar using satellites; the Taliban theoretically, with the right help, can thwart U.S. drones for a while.
Rather than start that fight, U.S.-NATO may be content to just surveil and develop a comprehensive picture of who and where to strike before acting.
Does that mean the Taliban do not need to advise the USA for bombing as well?
https://www.dawn.com/news/1648771/icc-prosecutor-seeks-to-resume-afghanistan-war-crimes-probe-with-focus-on-taliban-and-is-but-not-us-forces
ICC will prosecute Taliban but ignore USA’s past criminal behaviors and the future crimes planned by US .