Insurgent Bombings Rise as U.S. Eases off the Taliban
America's most elite troops are largely ignoring the Afghan militants who once sheltered al Qaeda.
BY AUGUST 14, 2015
Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, and other elite American troops spent almost nine years hunting down Taliban fighters throughout Afghanistan. Late last year, that mission changed: Except in a narrow set of circumstances, they were told that the Taliban were effectively off-limits. Afghan civilian casualties from high-profile Taliban attacks promptly skyrocketed.
