Air Strikes

Civilian deaths were thrust into the spotlight again after U.S. Central Command launched an airstrike on a compound in Kabul...

The vast majority of military strikes under Biden happened in Afghanistan before U.S. forces left in August.

A statement described the airstrikes as "defensive."

The R9X variant of the AGM-114 Hellfire is a non-explosive weapon best be described as a 100-pound flying switchblade.

The strikes employed twice as many weapons used as in the response to a Syrian chemical attack last year.

The Afghanistan conflict just recorded the most U.S. airstrikes in a single month in nearly a decade.

U.S. Africa Command says that there have been no civilian casualties as a result of U.S. air strikes targeting al-Shabaab.

President Trump moved to rescind part of an Obama-era order requiring the publication of a report on civilian casualties.

U.S. fighters, bombers, attack aircraft and drones released 7,362 weapons over Afghanistan in 2018.

In addition to U.S. and coalition strikes, Iraqi fighter aircraft have also attacked ISIS targets inside Syria recently.