Forever War: After 14 Years of US Combat in Afghanistan, Taliban Advances…(And A Trillion Dollars Down The Shi%&er!!..And UNTOLD Deaths!!))
SputnikNews.com
25.12.2015
The killing of six American military personnel in Afghanistan by a suicide bomber Monday underscores a Pentagon report this month that calls the security situation “fragile” and writes of the Taliban’s “resilience.”
Nearly 14 years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the United States earlier this year handed over the lead role in operations to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF). While 9,800 US troops remain in the country, they are reported to be serving strictly in a train-and-assist role.
Since the ANDSF took the lead, the security situation in Afghanistan has “deteriorated,” according to a Pentagon report “Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan,” which noted “an increase in effective insurgent attacks and higher ANDSF and Taliban casualties.”
On the battlefield, the performance of Afghan forces has been uneven. They do well to clear an area of Taliban, but struggle to hold the territory once it has been recaptured.
“They remain in a primarily defensive posture that limits their agility across the country,” the Pentagon report said.
The following are among recent Taliban incursions, as compiled by the Washington Times:
• The September invasion and capture of Kunduz, a city of 300,000 north of Kabul and a key trade route. The Taliban captured the police and governor’s headquarters. But Afghan special forces reorganized and quickly retook the town.
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