BOGOTA, Colombia — Western-backed Afghan defenses will not break under the weight of Taliban violence in advance of scheduled parliamentary elections in October, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said. In his most detailed comments on the Taliban’s assault on the eastern city of Ghazni since it began Aug. 10, Mattis said the Taliban had six objectives in and around the city and failed to seize any of them.
Taliban Offensive Won’t Be Successful, Mattis Says
ROBERT BURNS, Associated Press, The Columbian
Fri, 08/17/2018 - 4:38pm
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