Unmanned flights dominate air strikes in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR: Drones fired more weapons than conventional warplanes for the first time in Afghanistan last year and the ratio is rising, previously unreported US Air Force data show, underlining how reliant the military has become on unmanned aircraft...
US President Barack Obama said in 2013 that the Afghan drawdown after 2014 and progress against Al Qaeda would “reduce the need for unmanned strikes”, amid concerns from human rights...