{"id":559968,"date":"2021-06-10T18:08:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T22:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559968"},"modified":"2021-06-10T18:08:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T22:08:13","slug":"pentagon-considering-airstrikes-to-support-afghan-security-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-considering-airstrikes-to-support-afghan-security-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon considering airstrikes to support Afghan security forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpentagon-considering-airstrikes-to-support-afghan-security-forces%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559968&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2420454\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2420454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Afghan security forces stand at the site of an attack, in Kabul on December 20, 2020.(ZAKERIA HASHIMI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:06 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, June 10, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Department of Defense is discussing how to respond should terror groups in Afghanistan take advantage of the U.S. troop withdrawal. The Biden administration has pledged to bring all U.S. troops home by Sept. 11.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Pentagon is reportedly looking to receive emergency authorization to carry out airstrikes in Kabul or other cities in Afghanistan if U.S. allies are threatened by the Taliban. Officials said this would entail drones or warplanes taking action if U.S. citizens or embassies are put at risk. Although, anything beyond would require Joe Biden\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s withdrawal comes as the 20th anniversary of the 9\/11 terror attacks approaches. He said, \u201cwe were attacked. We went to war with clear goals. We achieved those objectives. Bin Laden is dead and Al-Qaeda is degraded in Afghanistan and it\u2019s time to end the forever war.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2420489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2420489\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2420489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hamas-656x437-1.jpg\" alt=\"TOPSHOT - Afghan security forces and residents stand near the crater left by a truck bomb attack in Kabul on May 31, 2017. - At least 80 people were killed and hundreds wounded May 31 when a massive truck bomb ripped through Kabul's diplomatic quarter, bringing carnage to the streets of the Afghan capital and shattering windows hundreds of metres away. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR \/ AFP) (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"656\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hamas-656x437-1.jpg 656w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hamas-315x210.jpg 315w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hamas-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hamas.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2420489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Afghan security forces and residents stand near the crater left by a truck bomb attack in Kabul on May 31, 2017. (WAKIL KOHSAR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) weighed in on the retrieval saying he believes it would be a \u201cgrave mistake\u201d and a \u201cgift\u201d to U.S. enemies to remove all U.S. troops from the area.<\/p>\n<p>Critics are concerned over the rise in violence amid clashes between the Afghan military and the Taliban since Biden\u2019s military withdrawal announcement. However, military leaders in on the talks announced they have yet to reach a final decision.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/fbi-director-christopher-wray-testifies-before-house-judiciary-committee\/\">FBI Director Christopher Wray Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Afghan security forces stand at the site of an attack, in Kabul on December 20, 2020.(ZAKERIA HASHIMI\/AFP via Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 3:06 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2279950,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hamas-656x437-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Pentagon considering airstrikes to support Afghan security forces","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hamas-656x437-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Pentagon considering airstrikes to support Afghan security forces","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}