As we learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, [the point] isn’t just getting them beaten; it’s keeping them beaten [to] have this victory stick. — US Defense Secretary Carter, onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the South China Sea, November 5. The insurgents are losing . . . and they’re desperate. — General John F Campbell, senior foreign commander in Afghanistan, in Kabul on December 28, 2014 The security situation in Afghanistan is extremely unstable, and the threat to all U.S. citizens in Afghanistan remains critical. . . Militant attacks throughout the country continue, with many of these attacks specifically targeting U.S. and other foreign citizens and entities . . ....
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