Afghanistan

NATO said it, and not the Taliban, will be on the offensive this year. NATO is looking to preempt the Taliban in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. The US is preparing to retake Musa Qala, a Helmand district the UK abandoned to the Taliban last fall.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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