Fresh troops won’t help Afghanistan

A 'long haul' military presence in the war-torn country isn't going to shape its future for the better: only Afghans can do that.
Soldiers during an exercise at the Consolidated Fielding Centre, Kabul, Afghanistan during Operation Attention on Sept. 2, 2013.
OTTAWA—I recently had the opportunity to watch the new, made-for-Netflix movie War Machine, starring Brad Pitt. The subject of the film is the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, with Pitt playing the fictitiously named Lieutenant-General Glenn McMahon. While the name is changed to provide some...

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