Seth G. Jones, Foreign Policy: Why the Taliban Isn't Winning in Afghanistan
Too Weak for Victory, Too Strong for Defeat.
We must face facts,” remarked Senator John McCain in August 2017, “we are losing in Afghanistan and time is of the essence if we intend to turn the tide.” He is not the only one who has argued that the Taliban are on the march. “The Taliban are getting stronger, the government is on the retreat, they are losing ground to the Taliban day by day,” Abdul Jabbar Qahraman, a retired Afghan general who was the Afghan government’s military envoy to Helmand Province until 2016, told the New York Times over the summer. Media outlets have likewise proclaimed that “The Taliban do look a lot like they are winning” and that this is “The war America can’t win.”
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WNU Editor: The above analysis is spot on.
Update: I am not optimistic that this will succeed .... Pentagon pushing for more aggressive Afghan military in 2018: report (The Hill). More here .... Top US commander wants more aggressive Afghan push this year (AP).
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