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Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Major Setback In Afghanistan

There's been a major setback in the United States' exit strategy in Afghanistan.

Following a series of what are known as "green on blue" attacks, where trained Afghan soldiers are turning their guns on coalition forces – the United States has suspended the training of new Afghan security forces. In the last month, 45 Western soldiers – mostly American soldiers – have been killed in green on blue attacks. Top US military commanders have put the breaks on training new Afghan recruits until the vetting process for those recruits is reexamined. A key pillar in the U.S. exit strategy is training a large enough Afghan security force to take over once the United States leaves. But with green on blue attacks on the rise all over Afghanistan – it loos like it's getting harder and harder to officially end America's longest war.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

They missed their chance about a year and a half ago when the transition "appeared" to be going smoothly.I say appeared because we all know it will never happen.It was precisely the time when Donald Trump said "get out now" when asked about an exit strategy.I rarely agree with Trump,but I did then and do now.

Anonymous said...

Bring all them HOME!