The US nears a deal to pullout of Afghanistan, but the Afghan Army is on the defensive | World News, The Indian Express

The US nears a deal to pullout of Afghanistan, but the Afghan Army is on the defensive | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Kabul(afghanistan) |Published: August 13, 2019 1:58:00 pm

The US nears a deal to pullout of Afghanistan, but the Afghan Army is on the defensive

The woeful state of the regular Afghan forces has been widely seen as giving the Taliban a valuable edge in its negotiations with the United States, which have gone on for eight rounds in Doha,

Afghan government forces at Bala Hissar, a military base on a hilltop overlooking Kunduz, Afghanistan, that was captured by the Taliban during their takeover of the city in 2015, on March 7, 2017. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)

By Rod Nordland and David Zucchino