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As troops leave, U.S. to keep airstrike option in Afghanistan By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS, Associated Press Published: July 1, 2021, 4:07pm Share: 2 Photos FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2020, file photo Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, left, talks with Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan at Miller s military headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. military will remain involved in the Afghanistan war into September, keeping the option of launching airstrikes against the Taliban to defend Afghan forces, U.S. officials said Thursday, July 1. For weeks, officials have said the withdrawal of the main U.S. military force and its equipment from Afghanistan would be largely completed by this weekend. Miller, the top U.S. commander there, would then leave, marking a significant turning point in the U.S. mission. (AP Photo/Robert Burns, File)

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