The capital’s citizens are caught in the middle again as the Taliban responds to increased US military pressure in its rural heartlandsEven six years ago,the words rang hollow. The Taliban’s “momentum has been reversed”, the UK’s General Adrian Bradshaw insisted to a room of incredulous journalists at the Nato headquarters in Kabul.
Violence was rising across Afghanistan, or slowly yet undeniably. But the US and its allies had a war to terminate,a 2014 deadline for their departure, and a withdrawal under way; reality took second set to the schedule set by Washington.
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Source: guardian.co.uk