One year into Trump's Afghanistan strategy, little has changed for the US in its 17 year-long conflict

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• One year after President Donald Trump announced a new strategy for winning the war in Afghanistan, the US stands no closer to its ultimate goal.
• The strategy has included a greater focus on defending population centers while ceding much of the remote countryside to the insurgents.
• According to analysts and a report issued by US Defense Department, the United States appears to be no closer to stabilizing the country and quelling the Taliban insurgency.

One year after President Donald Trump announced a new strategy for winning the war in Afghanistan, the United States appears to be no closer to stabilizing the country and quelling the Taliban insurgency, according to analysts and a report issued by US Defense Department.

The strategy has included a greater focus on defending population centers while ceding much of the remote countryside to the insurgents. It has also involved an interdiction campaign against the Taliban, with airstrikes on their narcotics labs and other revenue sources. The goal has been to pressure the Taliban to the negotiating table.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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