Report: Afghan forces still shrinking, security gaps growing
FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2018, file photo a Afghan Security forces member walks next to a crater caused by suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. As the Trump administration pushes for peace in Afghanistan, a new U.S. watchdog report says Afghan security forces are shrinking, gaps in security are growing, and the Taliban are largely holding their own despite a surge in American bombing. top world news reports WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Trump administration pushes for peace in Afghanistan, a new U.S. watchdog file says Afghan safety forces are shrinking, gaps in security are growing, and the Taliban are largely holding their own despite a surge in American bombing. These tendencies reflect what U.S. military officials call a stalemated war, extra than 17 years after U.S. forces invaded following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Gauges of battlefield momentum have changed little over the past year, according to a watchdog agency known as the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconst...