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2019-01-31 Afghanistan

Afghan forces still shrinking, security gaps growing

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-31 00:59|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Or put another way:
With the Foreign Troop Level decreasing the region of Afghanistan returns to its age old nature of being nominally ruled by a warlord whose real power waxes and wanes with the ephemeral alliances of the various clans.

Posted by magpie 2019-01-31 12:21|| 2019-01-31 12:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Also, many Afghan troops are thinking "Without that guy I want to shoot in the back to protect me, I'm outta here..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-01-31 12:33|| 2019-01-31 12:33|| Front Page Top

#3 😂

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-01-31 12:47|| 2019-01-31 12:47|| Front Page Top

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