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Afghan Taliban have had sanctuary in Pakistan: Ex-top US general

Afghan Taliban have had sanctuary in Pakistan: Ex-top US general
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How to end a very long war in Afghanistan

How to end a very long war in Afghanistan There is a moral argument for trying to leave the right way to avoid needless chaos Published:  February 23, 2021 11:33 Doyle McManus US soldiers conduct a dismounted patrol around Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan (File) Image Credit: US Department of Defence On paper, the United States is committed to withdrawing its last 2,500 troops from Afghanistan less than 10 weeks from now, on May 1. That’s under a deal the Trump administration made last year with the Taliban. But it’s far from certain that will happen. Neither the Taliban, the Afghan government nor the United States have kept all their commitments under the year-old agreement. The Taliban promised to reduce attacks on government troops and officials; it hasn’t.

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Weapons Biz Bankrolls Experts Pushing to Keep U S Troops in Afghanistan

Weapons Biz Bankrolls Experts Pushing to Keep U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Eli Clifton © Provided by The Daily Beast REUTERS Earlier this month, a study group established by Congress recommended that President Joe Biden extend the May 1 deadline for withdrawing troops from America’s longest war. It’s a strategy that many experts say runs the risk of abrogating the U.S.-Taliban agreement and potentially setting back the potential peace process in Afghanistan or even dooming it to failure. Perhaps unsurprisingly, there is a striking similarity in the backgrounds of the individuals involved in these critical recommendations, which are likely to influence whether Biden maintains a “conditions-based” U.S. military footprint in Afghanistan. Two of the group’s three co-chairs and nine of the group’s 12 plenary members have current or recent financial ties to major defense contractors, an industry that soaks up more than half of the $740 billion defense bud

Achieving Decision Superiority in Great Power Competition

In 2018, then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph F. Dunford described how the changing character of war and strategic landscape have “accelerated the speed and complexity of war” and contributed to a collapsed decision space. This is troubling for a navy in great power competition with potential adversaries who have increasingly capable long-range antiship missiles. This extended range and lethality, combined with the vulnerability of networks and ubiquitous use of communications, means naval forces are increasingly susceptible to adversary targeting. Distributed maritime operations (DMO) strive to counter this with distributed lethality, but  the limiting factor is a commander’s decision cycle. Acknowledging the need for improved decision-making, then-Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John M.

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