After 16 Years Afghanistan War Is 'At Best A Grinding Stalemate ' Journalist Says : NPR
Steve Coll
America's war in Afghanistan is the longest war the U.S. has ever fought. Beginning a month after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11  2001  the initial mission was to remove the Taliban from power and destroy the al-Qaida terror network. Now  nearly 17 years later   Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll  points out that the war's goals have changed.
"The objective is not a grand peace ceremony on some grand aircraft carrier  " Coll  says. "It's to reduce the violence in Afghanistan  to reduce the suffering of innocents in Kabul  to support the constitutional government that we invested in after Sept. 11 so heavily in money and in American lives and sacrifices on the battlefield."
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America's war in Afghanistan is the longest war the U.S. has ever fought. Beginning a month after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11  2001  the initial mission was to remove the Taliban from power and destroy the al-Qaida terror network. Now  nearly 17 years later   Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist  [TGT]   points out that the war's goals have changed.
"The objective is not a grand peace ceremony on some grand aircraft carrier  " Coll  says. "It's to reduce the violence in Afghanistan  to reduce the suffering of innocents in Kabul  to support the constitutional government that we invested in after Sept. 11 so heavily in money and in American lives and sacrifices on the battlefield."
Directorate S The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan by  [TGT]  Hardcover  757 pages   purchase close overlay Buy Featured Book Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How?
World   [TGT]  :  The Secret Plans For Kashmir  [TGT]  :  The Secret Plans For Kashmir  Listen