Diffuse country calls for localized military approach
(NEWSER) - The US can no longer afford to follow “traditional anti-insurgency tactics” in such a large, ethnically diverse, and “forbidding territory” as Afghanistan, Henry Kissinger writes in the Washington Post. Instead of focusing on a stronger centralized government, he urges a “coherent” strategy that supports “local and regional entities,” prevent the cementing of jihadist territories, and garner support of neighboring countries and Western allies. More»