Reuters: Afghan security worsens, casualties spike in 2015: Pentagon
Afghanistan's overall security deteriorated in the second half of this year, with Taliban militants staging more attacks and inflicting far more casualties on Afghan forces, the Pentagon said in a grim report to the U.S. Congress released on Tuesday.
The Pentagon's assessment, offering statistics and details on attack trends, was yet more evidence of Afghanistan's struggle to blunt a resilient Taliban insurgency despite 14 years of U.S. military engagement.
Recent setbacks include the brief fall of the northern city of Kunduz to the Taliban, a months-long struggle in Helmand province and an insurgent raid on the airport in the southern city of Kandahar last week that killed 50 civilians, police and security personnel.
WNU Editor: I am now sensing a growing fear from the Pentagon that some are wondering if it is now possible that the Taliban may actually win thins war, and that groups like ISIS will also play a role in a future Afghanistan. This is also not surprising .... Fresh Taliban Assaults Test Boundaries of US 'Noncombat' Mission (Military.com/Stars and Stripes).
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