The US military helped Afghan troops repel a major Taliban attack on the Afghan provincial capital Farah after a botched attempt by the militants to penetrate the security surrounding the city. Afghan A-29 attack planes and Mi-17 helicopters carried out multiple airstrikes in defense of the city.
A spokesman for the NATO-led coalition said the Taliban began their attack on government checkpoints on the city’s outskirts very early Tuesday morning, and that by the time US MQ-9 drones arrived overhead a couple of hours later there was no evidence of Taliban fighters in the city.
Afghanistan troops have maintained the cordon against the Taliban on most provinces with the help the coalition.
