Afghanistan National Army soldiers attend their graduation ceremony on January 27, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Business Insider: As the US moves towards troop withdrawal, the fate of Afghanistan may rest in the hands of these soldiers
* Through peace talks with the Taliban, the US is moving closer towards a complete withdrawal the 14,000 US troops in Afghanistan.
* In the event of a complete withdrawal of US-led NATO forces, the fate of Afghanistan will rest in the hands of its National Army soldiers.
* Since 2014, the focus of the NATO mission has been to train Afghan soldiers to take over their country's security.
* A recent watchdog report found that the strength of the Afghan forces is at its lowest level in four years.
As US and Taliban officials move closer to reaching a deal during ongoing peace talks, the fate of Afghanistan may soon rest in the hands of its national army soldiers.
The US-led NATO mission shifted its focus towards training these security forces in 2014, drawing back combat troops in an attempt to hand control to the Afghan government.
But the training mission has struggled to recruit and maintain the number of forces the nation will need, and a recent report by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) notes the strength of the Afghan National Army is at its lowest in four years.
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WNU Editor: When you are losing 850 security forces every month. And who knows how many are severely wounded. Coupled with the loss of U.S. air power that has forced back the Taliban on a number of occasions. I fail to see how the Afghan Army can sustain the war if the coalition leaves.
We need more women at the front lines, and take up 50% of the unwanted, undesired jobs. Equality for all, means equality for all. Come get some, and stop only petitioning for 50% of the best jobs in the world, do also the jobs no one wants to do. Then you are equal.
ReplyDeleteGiven enough intelligence yes, but that intelligence is best supplied by the countries own people. The people themselves need to be empowered to improve their country on their terms. If they support the Taliban then so be it, if they want to support the current Government then great. Afghanistan and one of the lowest computer to population ratios world wide and with so many nations failing in war after war here its no hard to ask why. Children are the future and instead of improving their lifes with technology you sell them guns and send to them fight a war. Give them computers and let them fight with words and information.
ReplyDeleteJFK's famous quote "A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on." comes to mind. I imagine when he said it he had it in mind that that thought applied only to what he considered to be good ideas, but it applies also to bad ideas.
ReplyDeleteTo misquote the author of Les Misérables, Victor Hugo, 'a bad idea is a good idea, seen from the other side'.