Violence Decreases in Afghanistan
This past summer violence has decreased in Afghanistan after five years of increasing attacks. This information comes after a new report from the Pentagon. The report tells U.S. officials the current strategy, including finding active areas of insurgent activity and turning them over to Afghan control. Military officials have been waiting for these types of troop-intensive counterinsurgency strategies to show results.
In the first part of the year, however, the report did mention increases in violence but stated that it started the decrease around May. The study also found that the highest decrease in violence occurred in September, a month that was not covered by the UN. As a whole, the level of violence dropped in July to September 26% compared to a year ago. Even though these numbers are strong, commanders worry that troop withdrawals are being considered less on situation and more on a calendar.
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