Showcase Afghan Army Mission Turns to Debacle - NYTimes.com
KABUL, Afghanistan — An ambitious military operation that Afghan officials had expected to be a sign of their growing military capacity instead turned into an embarrassment, with Taliban fighters battering an Afghan battalion in a remote eastern area until NATO sent in French and American rescue teams....
“There are a lot of lessons to be learned here,” said a senior American military official...
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