Afghanistan a failed war, 17 years after declaring victory

The battle to save Afghanistan has yet to be fought and the Taliban remain a very clear and present danger.

Brigadier-General Dean Milner, left, and Colonel Hercule Gosselin, right, sign the Task Force Kandahar closing ceremony document in Kandahar, Afghanistan on July 6, 2011. DND photograph by Sgt. Matthew McGregor

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

December 12, 2018

Last Tuesday, a senior U.S. military official gave some startling testimony before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. According to Lt.-Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the current rate of battlefield casualties among the Afghan security forces is “unsustainable” in the ongoing conflict with the Ta...

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