Wednesday, January 31, 2018

The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)


The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)




Posted: 31 Jan 2018 12:57 PM PST
Sources claim the offensive killed between 60-80 Taliban fighters, but with other reports suggesting the Taliban quickly retook the targeted territory, it appears the offensive is in line with past short-term strategies that fail to fully deny the Taliban strategic footholds in the region.
Posted: 31 Jan 2018 12:15 PM PST
The district control data shows that the Taliban continues to slowly wrest control of Afghan districts from the government. SIGAR is still not authorized to released key information on district and population control as well as the Afghan security forces.
Posted: 30 Jan 2018 09:01 PM PST
The estimate has tripled from 20,000 a few years ago. However, one US official somehow remains "hopeful many fighters are not ideological and will eventually lay down their arms," despite the fact that the Taliban has demonstrated a commitment to the fight for over 16 years.
Posted: 30 Jan 2018 03:19 PM PST
SIGAR countered with evidence that shows how Resolute Support marked elements of the draft report that it did not want disclosed as "not releasable to the public," and followed up with the US military on the classifications.

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