the u. s. is willing to provide marion the u. s. general. kenneth mckenzie, speaking in cobble on sunday, would not provide much details about this air cover. he confirmed that it has been happening and will continue to happen. he says, as long as the taliban is making these advances. now there has been great concern in the united states over these taliban advances that we've seen since the troop withdrawal was announced for president joe biden is very much politically committed to see this troop withdrawal completed by august 31st and his general on the ground their general mackenzie would not say though, whether the increase airstrike support from the u. s. would continue after that deadline. the united states has increased air strikes in the support of afghan forces over the last several days and were prepared to continue this high level support in the coming weeks. if the taliban continue their attacks. we continue to provide contract maintenance and logistics support here in cobble to maintain afghan defense capabilities, including our