Have been taking up the equipment. so according to the defense officials the equipment in the area were being taken over, so the attacks were done by unmanned aircraft, and flown from outside of the country, and the u.s. has virtually no aircraft left in afghanistan at that point. the very latest from courtney kube. and now, faced with a gun spikes, and any chance of reform stalled in congress, the doj is launching so-called gun strikes. this is attorney general merrick garland speaking about this earlier today. the gun violence tragedies