U.S. Military Stops Counting How Much of Afghanistan Is Controlled by Taliban https://nyti.ms/2UR8EkM

“It’s like turning off the scoreboard,” one American official said of the decision, which eliminates an important public measure of progress in the war.
The New York Times World United States Defense and Military Forces, Afghanistan War (2001- )
By DAVID ZUCCHINO from NYT World
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