Afghan war goes on and on

This 3 May 2018 video from the USA says about itself:

Update On The Never Ending War That Nobody Talks About

Trump’s ramped-up military efforts in Afghanistan have failed to rein in the Taliban, according to a new report, which shows the insurgents’ grip on the country growing ever stronger.

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) report, released Tuesday, makes for gloomy reading as the conflict approaches its 17th year, undercutting the U.S. military’s more optimistic spin in recent months. Specifically, the report shows the Taliban and other militant groups now control or influence 59 of Afghanistan‘s 407 districts, or 14.5 percent, the highest level since SIGAR began receiving district-level breakdown data in late 2015.

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