WASHINGTON: The United States military have targeted militants near eastern Afghanistan border via air strikes, U.S. forces spokesperson said on Sunday.
According to spokesperson, the U.S. military targeted those militants who were threatening international coalition forces near the border in eastern Afghanistan.
Most foreign forces withdrew from Afghanistan when NATO combat operations ended last year. Around 13,200 international troops are part of a new training mission, while a small contingent of U.S. troops is separately fighting the Taliban and other militants.
The first air strike took place on Friday in Nuristan near Pak-afghan border which is under Taliban control.
Another strike followed in Paktika on Saturday, a stronghold of the Haqqani network and other groups allied with the Taliban.
A spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan declined to say which troops were involved and the nature of the threat.
