For America, the problem is Pakistan
On Afghanistan itself, the administration’s new strategy, set out last week, strikes most of the right notes. In particular, it is correct to emphasise the critical importance of building up the Afghan National Army, without which nothing can be achieved in Afghanistan in the long term; and on the need for the US to work towards an exit strategy rather than engage in empty rhetoric about “staying the course”. Talk of creating a modern, western-style ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
The US is squandering scores of billions of dollars, and only making things worse. American really has not proper business maintaining a large war machine in Central Asia. Let Russia, China, Iran and other countries work out how best to dampen down the violence in Afghanistan. US needs to be thinking about leaving.