Taliban Vows Retaliation as US Resumes Afghan Airstrikes
VOA News June 25, 2016 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Afghanistan’s Taliban said Saturday that it would strongly retaliate for the resumption of U.S. airstrikes against the insurgent group, and it rejected assertions that bombing operations ever paused. The U.S. military began anti-Taliban air raids in the last week, but it has declined to provide details.