August 13th, 2018

America’s longest war takes worrying new turn

Four days after the Taliban launched its most serious challenge to the authority of Afghanistan’s government in three years, heavy fighting was taking place in the streets of Ghazni, a city in the east of the country. The UN has urgently called for humanitarian assistance for Ghazni’s quarter of a million civilians.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/13/middleeast/afghanistan-analysis-nick-paton-walsh-intl/index.html

 

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