Washington Times: Taliban outlast 14 years of U.S. combat in Afghanistan
Deadly spate of attacks breaks ‘fragile’ security.
The sudden killings of six American service members on a foot patrol by a suicide bomber this week is a graphic message back home that the Taliban are durable, able to launch a number of coordinated attacks in recent months across Afghanistan 14 years after the U.S. invasion.
A Pentagon report calls the security situation “fragile” and writes of the Taliban’s “resilience throughout the second half of the year.”
The security picture seems to be more precarious now than in recent years. The Taliban are targeting Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) units that are working without any American direct ground combat role and only sporadic air power.
WNU Editor: A good summary and analysis on the war in Afghanistan. It looks like containment is becoming the policy of choice for the West when it comes to Afghanistan.
2 comments:
We need to leave.
Let Iran and Pakistan carve it up or go to loggerheads over it.
It was a mistaken effort from the beginning, fourteen years ago, and it's still a mistake to be involved in this graveyard of empires, the third time I believe for UK. This small mountainous country full of illiterate people on the other side of the earth has no bearing on NATO security, for sure, but it has been profitable for many.
The Taliban, supported by Pakistan, are currently taking over Helmand, where many US & UK troops lost their lives. The US has promoted an India presence in Afghanistan, which Pakistan understandably will not allow.
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