We Are Losing The Afghan War

Trends suggest that the total number of battle deaths in Afghanistan will exceed 20,000 this year, including civilians and combatants on both sides. Historical data is flawed, but the war may be growing more intense than anything since the 1980s. https://t.co/ac7K73CZjM pic.twitter.com/qiweTv8I8M

— Graeme Smith (@smithkabul) July 23, 2018

Business Insider: 'We are losing': Trump and his top advisors aren't publicly admitting how bad things are in Afghanistan

* Despite all of the evidence to the contrary, the Trump administration continues to reject the idea Afghanistan is America's "forever war" as the conflict nears its 17th anniversary.
* Experts say America is losing the war even as the Pentagon contends increased military pressure will help spark peace talks.
* Research shows the war has reached its deadliest point in years.
* A US soldier on his 13th deployment overseas was killed in an insider attack in Afghanistan on Monday.

Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Bolyard was on his 13th deployment overseas when he was killed in an insider attack in Afghanistan on Monday.

Bolyard, who was 42, had served in the US Army for 24 years and was less than two months away from coming home and retiring, according to his son. The following day, Army Staff Sgt. Diobanjo Sanagustin died in a non-combat incident at Bagram Airfield, becoming the seventh US service member killed there so far in 2018, fighting in a war that has largely been forgotten by the US public and that experts say America is losing.

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WNU Editor: This is now a war of attrition between the Taliban and the Afghan government. In these situations there are usually just two outcomes. Both sides are exhausted and decide that it would be best to come to an agreement, or one side breaks and the other side takes advantage this collapse to rout their foe. In the case of Afghanistan .... I can easily see this conflict going on for the next decade or two, and an eventual peace agreement.