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Kashif Hussain, The Diplomat: What’s Wrong With the US Afghanistan Strategy?
The U.S. strategy has faltered out of the gate, thanks to a lack of coordination at home and in the region.
The United States’ Afghanistan-centric South Asia strategy aimed at outlining a plan for victory in its more than one-and-a-half decade long war with the Taliban. A combination of tools — including diplomacy, economic might, intelligence and military power — was employed during the past year for that purpose.
However, at the same time, the current situation in Afghanistan reflects a gloomy picture ridden with chaos and disorder, largely as a result of clashes between Afghan security forces and Taliban insurgents. There have also been widespread suicide bomb blasts across the country.
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