As more territory falls to the Taliban, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urged the Biden administration to carry out airstrikes against the militants that are taking advantage of the US forces’ withdrawal.
“It is not too late to prevent the Taliban from overrunning Kabul,” McConnell said in a statement.
“The Administration should move quickly to hammer Taliban advances with airstrikes, provide critical support to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) defending the capital, and prevent the seemingly imminent fall of the city.”
“If they fail to do so, the security threat to the United States will assuredly grow and the humanitarian cost to innocent Afghans will be catastrophic,” he added.
The Kentucky Republican is the latest GOP lawmaker to slam Biden’s decision not to intervene in the Afghanistan-Taliban conflict
