Loading ...Afghan security worsens, casualties spike in 2015: Pentagon
Afghanistan’s overall security deteriorated in the second half of this year, with Taliban militants staging more attacks and inflicting far more casualties on Afghan forces, the Pentagon said in a grim report to the U.S. Congress released on Tuesday.
The Pentagon’s assessment, offering statistics and details on attack trends, was yet more evidence of Afghanistan’s struggle to blunt a resilient Taliban insurgency despite 14 years of U.S. military engagement.
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