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    The US and Afghanistan: can’t win the war, can’t stop it, can’t leave

    Latest attacks focus attention on continuing failure of Trump’s efforts to stabilise the country
    by Simon Tisdall May 01, 2018 3 minutes
    Security forces run from the scene of a suicide attack in Kabul on Monday. Terrorists are specifically targeting Afghanistan’s fragile democracy. Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AP

    The latest, dreadful suicide bombings in Kabul and Kandahar, which killed more than 50 people on Monday, have again focused attention on the continuing failure of American-led efforts to stabilise the country. After 16 years of conflict, critics say, the US is in a triple bind: it cannot win the war, it cannot halt the war, and it cannot leave.

    As civilian casualties rise, and with no sign that recent American and Nato reinforcements are making.

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