2 October 2017

US Army soldiers take part in a training exercise on Tactical Base Gamberi in eastern Afghanistan

By Dr. Shanthie Mariet D Souza and Mantraya
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Donald Trump’s strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia announced on 21 August, was intended to highlight the novelty and surprise elements of a roadmap that purportedly sought little short of the decimation of terrorism. For all that, the ‘new’ strategy, its overheated semantics and studious ambiguity notwithstanding, in reality is but a continuation of the American trial and error method that has kept insurgent aspirations of a victory alive these 16 years since the US intervened in Afghanistan.

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