Nato's Afghan Strategy Has Imploded

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http://www.businessinsider.com/natos-afghan-strategy-has-imploded-2012-9


Nato soldiers arrive at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul September 18, 2012.

The Nato-led military strategy in Afghanistan has been thrown into disarray after joint on-the-ground operations were suspended because of a collapse in trust over the killings of Americans and other Nato soldiers by Afghan government forces.

The move came after a surge in the number of "insider attacks" by Afghan government soldiers and police officers. There have been 36 such attacks this year, which have killed 51 Nato soldiers. The suspension threatens the joint plan to train an effective Afghan army to keep the Taliban at bay after foreign troops pull out.

General John Allen, the US and Nato commander in Afghanistan, ordered a stop to joint combat operations and patrols "until further notice".

The decision, which was announced in Washington, took the UK government by surprise, coming just a day after the defence secretary, Philip Hammond, spoke in defence of Nato's continued work with Afghan troops in parliament. Whitehall sources said British commanders were unaware the announcement was going to be made.


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1. I once heard about a place where empires went to die

it resembled Afganistan to a "T".

Would someone please tell me why we're there in the first place?

Sure as hell they aren't ever gonna have homecoming dances and football games.

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2. Infiltration appears to be the Achilles heel of the NATO mission.

It seems plausible: The military might of NATO is unmatched in the world. But how can one hope to defend onesself against an enemy who can expertly pretend to be an ally over and over again without end?