US Airstrikes Having Little Effect in Kunduz

[Valin]

Via Meadia:

Sep 30, 2015

 

Afghan forces struggled to retake Kunduz on Wednesday despite U.S. military assistance, according the The Wall Street Journal:

 

The Taliban tightened its grip on the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Wednesday, leaving only the local airport firmly in government hands, even as the U.S. military dispatched ground troops and carried out airstrikes in support of its allies.

 

Most Afghan forces and some 100 U.S. special-operations personnel remained in the heavily fortified airport late on Wednesday, and government troops battled militants in surrounding villages, Afghan officials said.

 

Last December, President Obama officially announced the end of U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan and promised the U.S. would be out of the country by the end of his presidency in 2016...................(Snip)