Afghan Militias Forced To Fight Taliban Blame America's 'Abandonment'

Afghan Militias Forced To Fight Taliban Blame America's 'Abandonment'

PBS NewsHour

InläsarePBS NewsHour
Längd10 min
Språken
FörlagNewsHour Productions
ISBN9781667068381

As the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan nears its completion, the Afghan

army is quickly losing ground throughout the country to the Taliban. To

bolster its military, the government is arming militias to help in the

fight. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson traveled to two provinces near

the capital — Parwan and Logar — to meet militia men who have Afghan

leaders worried about a new civil war.