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Title: Marine Commander in Southwest Afghanistan Strikes Optimistic Tone on Progress in Fight Against Talib
Post by: rangerrebew on April 06, 2018, 11:51:29 am

Marine Commander in Southwest Afghanistan Strikes Optimistic Tone on Progress in Fight Against Taliban
By: John Grady
April 3, 2018 10:05 PM • Updated: April 4, 2018 9:37 AM



A recently returned U.S. commander in Afghanistan gave an optimistic assessment of the combined progress of U.S. and Afghan forces against the Taliban.

Newly-installed provincial leaders fixed on bringing the Taliban to heel and the coalition commitment to provide assistance in changing the situation on the ground, the Marine Brig. Gen. Roger Turner Jr. who commanded Task Force Southwest said on Friday at the Brookings Institution.

https://news.usni.org/2018/04/03/marine-commander-southwest-afghanistan-strikes-optimistic-tone-fight-taliban