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Kabul Control Slips in Afghanistan amid U.S. Talks with Taliban
[AnNahar] The Kabul government is steadily losing its grip over parts of Afghanistan even as American forces intensify their air campaign against myrmidon groups, a US government watchdog said Thursday.

The latest grim assessment of Afghanistan's security situation comes as the US pursues talks with the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
 and urgently seeks a way out of the 17-year war.
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-02-01
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