Defense

Joint Chiefs Chairman cites Taliban Failure

Joint Chief's Chairman, General Martin Dempsey on his visit to Afghanistan met with his Afghan commanders and his counterpart. In addition to talking about insi...

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August 21, 2012 11:16 am

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Joint Chief’s Chairman, General Martin Dempsey on his visit to Afghanistan met with his Afghan commanders and his counterpart. In addition to talking about insider attacks, they discussed the state of the war. He said the Taliban started the fighting season with three objectives: discrediting Afghanistan’s central government, impeding the development of the national security forces, and recapturing lost territory. He said in his own words…”In every one of those objectives they’ve failed.”