Salon: Remember Afghanistan? Trump’s strategy is failing badly as Taliban gains ground

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Remember Afghanistan? Trump’s strategy is failing badly as Taliban gains ground
At least 200 Afghan security forces were killed this week as U.S.-led troops retreat before the Taliban

Matthew Rozsa
August 17, 2018 10:00am (UTC)

Remember the war in Afghanistan? It never ended, and now President Donald Trump faces harsh questions about what appear to be serious military setbacks in that perennially troubled nation.

At least 200 to 300 Afghan security forces have been killed by Taliban insurgents since Friday, awith the lower number reported by ABC News. (Other sources have reported greater numbers of casualties.) The first attack was an intricately coordinated effort by the Taliban to capture the city of Ghazni, 75 miles south of Kabul, the Afghan capital. Since then, U.S. military "advisers" and airstrikes have been deployed to flush out Taliban fighters from Ghazni's residential neighborhoods, with the violence only seeming to subside on Wednesday.

After the skirmish in the city of Ghazni, another Taliban attack occurred some distance away in Ghazni Province. This time the battle took place in Arjistan, a western district of the province, and 50 members of the security force were reported killed. Taliban casualties appear to be unknown.

Read more at: https://www.salon.com/2018/08/17/remember-afghanistan-trumps-strategy-is-failing-badly-as-taliban-gains-ground/