U.S. Calls In Airstrikes to Defend Afghan Allies Amid Withdrawal.

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. military aircraft have been hitting groundtargets in Afghanistan in an effort to protect allies, according toU.S. "U.S. forces have conducted several airstrikes in defense of ourAfghan partners in recent days", U.S. Air Force Maj. NicoleFerrara, a U.S. Central Command spokesperson, said by email. [Extracted from the article]