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Failed Afghanistan strategy

US Marines salute during a handover ceremony at Leatherneck Camp in Lashkar Gah in the Afghan province of Helmand on April 29, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

The United States is not winning the war in Afghanistan. That’s what Defense Secretary James Mattis has told a Senate panel.

The Pentagon chief also said he would he would present a revised strategy on Afghanistan by mid-July. His strategy is said to include sending 3,000 to 5,000 more troops to the war-torn country. Washington and its NATO allies are keeping over 13,000 troops in Afghanistan. The US-led military invasion in 2001 has not only failed to uproot Taliban-linked militancy but also seen Daesh-affiliated terrorist cells gain momentum there.

But what do regional and international media outlets say about Pentagon’s new plan?


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