Afghan security personnel arrive at a site after a car bomb targeting foreign troops in Kabul on March 2, 2018. (AFP)
AFP: New US advisors hope to give Afghan soldiers vital boost
Washington (AFP) - A brigade of seasoned American soldiers has arrived in Afghanistan in recent days on a much-trumpeted mission to offer a new type of training -- as well as motivation -- to beleaguered Afghan partners.
Pentagon officials hope the deployment of hundreds of battle-hardened, expert troops across the country will help turn the tide in the war, but Afghanistan watchers are skeptical about how much difference they can make in the 16-year-old conflict.
Most of the troops in the so-called Security Force Assistance Brigade, or SFAB, have multiple Afghanistan combat deployments under their belts, speak some level of Pashto or Dari and -- after having themselves undergone special training -- have now volunteered to return.
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WNU Editor: I am skeptical that the impact of this new policy will have a significant impact. Afghanistan is a huge country, and I doubt that a deployment of a few thousand U.S. soldiers in the field will have an impact. What is also discouraging is that any hope of peace talks is definitely dead .... US, Afghan leaders agree on peace push, Taliban don’t (AP).
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