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“Progress across the country remains uneven, with modest gains in security, governance, and development in operational priority areas.” — U.S. Defense Department report on “Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan,” November 2010 (pdf)
It is a sobering thought that we have now deployed American combat forces to Afghanistan for as long as the Soviets did. And, all we can say after a significant escalation this year is that progress across the country remains “uneven.”
Excerpted from “US presence in Afghanistan as long as Soviet slog” By The Associated Press
[SIZE="+2"]T[/SIZE]he Soviet Union couldn't win in Afghanistan, and now the United States is about to have something in common with that futile campaign: nine years, 50 days.
On Friday, the U.S.-led coalition will have been fighting in this South Asian country for as long as the Soviets did in their humbling attempt to build up a socialist state. The two invasions had different goals — and dramatically different body counts — but whether they have significantly different outcomes remains to be seen. …