US Strategy In Afghanistan Questioned Amid Violence

by Tom Bowman, NPR

Recent events in Afghanistan, including violence since the inadvertent burning of Qurans and the murder of two American officers in Kabul, are challenging core assumptions of US strategy in Afghanistan. The Obama administration has planned to wind down US involvement in the war by training Afghan forces to take over the mission. Whether the Afghans and Americans can even trust each other is now being questioned.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, February 27, 2012