New report shows 2017 was one of the better years in Afghanistan — and it was still pretty awful – ThinkProgress

[ad_1] According to the most recent report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), things are looking better (kind of) in the war-torn country: Civilian casualties are down, and over the course of the winter, the Taliban did not take any new provincial capitals. “Afghan and international officials attributed this to the intensified air-strike campaign by Coalition and Afghan forces and more night raids by Afghan special forces,” reads the report. It’s worth noting, though, those airstrikes also kill civ…