Anyone who didn’t see this coming must be a highly paid foreign policy “expert” in Washington. And because of it, there will be new calls for U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely, which is the last thing they should do. It is long past time for a new strategy of containment of jihad activity that does not rely on having American troops in the ground there forever.
“Taliban attacks kill 20 army, police, hours after Trump call: Officials,” AFP, March 4, 2020:
The Taliban killed at least 20 Afghan soldiers and policemen in a string of overnight attacks, government officials told AFP Wednesday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he had had a “very good” chat with the insurgents’ political chief.
“Taliban fighters attacked at least three army outposts in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz last night, killing at least 10 soldiers and four police,” said Safiullah Amiri, a member of the provincial council….with the governor’s spokesman Zergai Ebadi telling AFP: “Unfortunately, six police were killed…”