Extended for a couple weeks by the secretary. that was it incision he made a couple weeks ago because it was all part of the contingency planning for the need to maybe do some evacuations. to make that even faster we mov those marines ashore and we saw that now those marines were the first ones on the scene. so, it was something that we absolutely had thought about it. one last question this can b for you or the general. you spoke to the podium over th last several days medium times saying that the afghan air forc was conducting more airstrikes against the taliban then the u.s. u.s. was. my question is why was that. why did the u.s. conduct more strikes against the delavan in these final days? i think monday morning quarterback in here isn t i don t think helpful exercise, but as we said from a while ago that as our resources in capabilities in the dwindled
Yourselves about the interwo ji. that was a decision secretary austin made several weeks ago because it was all part of the contingency planning for the need to maybe do some evacuations. to make that even faster we moved those marines ashore and we saw the benefit now. those marines were the first ones on scene. it was something that we absolutely had thought about. and one last question. this can be for you or the general. you spoke from the podium over the last several days many times saying that the aof began air force was conducting more airstrikes against the taliban than the u.s. was. my question is, why was that? why didn t the u.s. conduct more strikes against the taliban in these final days? carla, i think, you know, monday morning quarterback in here now isn t a helpful exercise. but as we said from a while ago