ukusuka I-Watson Institute, UDisemba 2020
Umkhosi wase-United States e-2017 wakhetha ukuyikhulula imithetho yokuzibandakanya kwe-airstrikes e-Afghanistan, eyakhokelela kukonyuka okukhulu kwabantu ababuleweyo. Ukusukela kunyaka ophelileyo wolawulo luka-Obama ukuya kunyaka opheleleyo opheleleyo wedatha erekhodiweyo ngexesha lolawulo lukaTrump, inani labantu ababulawa yimikhosi ekhokelwa yi-US ekhokelwa e-Afghanistan inyuke ngeepesenti ezingama-330.
Le ngxelo ityhila ixabiso elihlawulwe ngabemi base-Afghan kuwo onke amaqela anyusa ubundlobongela kwimizamo yabo yokufumana amandla kwiintetho phakathi kwe-United States ne-Taliban. Idatha ibonisa ukuba, xa kuthelekiswa neminyaka eli-10 eyadlulayo, kwabakho ukonyuka ngama-95 eepesenti kwabahlali ababulawa zii-airstrike zemikhosi yase-US kunye nemikhosi emanyeneyo phakathi konyaka ka-2017 nowama-2019. abahlali ngakumbi kunanini na kwimbali yayo. Kwi-2018 kuphela, abahlali base-Afghan abangama-3,800 babulawa zii-airstrikes.