{"id":79090,"date":"2020-01-27T14:11:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T14:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/27\/the-us-is-bombing-the-hell-out-of-the-taliban-as-munitions-dropped-reaches-nearly-10-year-high\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:07:10","slug":"the-us-is-bombing-the-hell-out-of-the-taliban-as-munitions-dropped-reaches-nearly-10-year-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/27\/the-us-is-bombing-the-hell-out-of-the-taliban-as-munitions-dropped-reaches-nearly-10-year-high\/","title":{"rendered":"The US is bombing the hell out of the Taliban as munitions dropped reaches nearly 10-year high"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the backdrop of peace negotiations to end the 18-year long war U.S. aircraft are bombing the hell out of the Taliban<\/a> and other militants as the warring parties slog through never-ending discussions to bring the fighting to a close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to U.S. Air Forces Central Command, U.S. aircraft dropped 7,423 munitions in 2019 \u2014 that\u2019s the highest number of bombs released in nearly a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, U.S. warplanes dropped 7,362 bombs \u2014 the second highest total in a year thus far since AFCENT began publishing the number of munitions released in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2010 and 2011, the height of America\u2019s participation in Afghan war, coalition aircraft dropped 5,100 and 5,411 bombs respectively. During those two years, the U.S. military had nearly 100,000 U.S. troops on the ground as part of President Barack Obama\u2019s troop surge to clear Taliban militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\t