Last Exit from Kabul?
The US is fighting the wrong war in Afghanistan, and its withdrawal would not lead not to a Taliban victory, as many American officials fear. The main consequence would be a vicious internal power struggle, which would formalize the present de facto partition of Afghanistan along ethnic lines – the direction in which Iraq, too, is headed.
NEW DELHI – America’s war in Afghanistan is approaching a tipping point, with doubts about President Barack Obama’s strategy growing. Yet, after dispatching 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, Obama is considering sending another 14,000.
NEW DELHI – America’s war in Afghanistan is approaching a tipping point, with doubts about President Barack Obama’s strategy growing. Yet, after dispatching 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, Obama is considering sending another 14,000.