Scandal: The Pentagon's $2 Billion Underground Syria Weapons Pipeline
Monday September 18, 2017
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The American military has turned to the [idea of a local militia] force as a potential model for how to maintain the Afghan government’s waning control — without too high a cost — in difficult parts of Afghanistan at a time when the Taliban are resurgent.We can predict with confidence that a year from now those very same districts of Nangarhar province will again staunchly support the Taliban.
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The size of the new force is yet to be finalized, but it could number more than 20,000, according to a senior Afghan official
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While the senior Afghan official insisted that only the conceptual framework of the force has been agreed to, and that details were still being sorted out, several Western officials said that preparations were already underway to pilot the new force in southern districts of Nangarhar Province.