Afghanistan: Obama’s Other War
The Afghan government now says it’s arranged a truce with a group of Taliban in a district in northern Afghanistan in order to allow elections to go ahead on August 20 and to permit development projects to proceed in the area. The Takeaway talks with Professor Anthony Cordesman, Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. who just got back from a month-long trip in Afghanistan.
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