US strategy on Afghanistan may achieve its modest aims
The US military will continue efforts to bolster Afghan forces and help them win, or at least not lose
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- Holding the line
- No deadlines
- Counter-terrorism
- Talking to the Taliban
- Regional push-back
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_350.jpg "NATO soldiers arrive at the site of a suicide attack after an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 25, 2017 (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)")