Afghanistan today: Another "thank you" to Mr. Trump

Image:  Stop the War Coalition

No less than 15,000 U.S. troops are loafing in the country 16 years after its invasion with zero accomplishment. 

Stemming from the aggressive strategy of one of the worst commanders-in-chief in history, plenty more U.S. warplanes have arrived in Afghanistan.  As Afghan forces desperately learn combat tactics from their American mentors, political, economic and civil infrastructure remain in shambles.  Security is worsening by the day.  Taliban-led insurgency against U.S. forces continues to deepen.  Afghan and U.S. army are struggling to keep control of urban areas while the influence of Talibans is steadily increasing in rural Afghanistan.  Yet this isn't the end of the libretto.  Through adherence to its  inconsistent policies, the American administration is twisting the knife in the wound by redeploying runaway Daesh terrorists from Syria and Iraq in Afghanistan, turning Kabul into one of the most violent cities in the world.

Despite attempts by the U.S. administration to paint a rosy picture of this head-spinning mess, the Center for Strategic and International Studies plainly calls it "mission impossible" for U.S. military in Afghanistan.