Amid a new Taliban insurgency, the Pentagon will ask for an increase of 3,000 to 5,000 more soldiers to train and advise Afghan police, on top of the US troops already there. The Trump administration may also allow more direct engagement than is currently allowed. Author, journalist and activist David Swanson joins RT America’s Anya Parampil to discuss the war in Afghanistan, the history of US involvement there and the its connection to US politics.
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