Will Afghanistan be NATO’s Vietnam?

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NATO forces are fighting a bloody war in Afghanistan which seems to be escalating – will it turn into another Vietnam?

The Taliban are becoming increasingly bold in their attacks on Western targets in the Hindu Kush.

A bomb recently exploded right outside NATO’s HQ, killing eight people and wounding 100.

It is now feared that the war in the central Asian country is turning into a second Vietnam.

The Vietnam War lasted ten years from 1965-75 and left almost 58,000 American soldiers dead and another 153,000 injured.

But Afghan expert Peter Scholl-Latour said: “You can’t compare the Vietnam War with the Afghan intervention. It is a war of attrition, it makes no sense because the enemy al-Qaeda is scattered over the whole world.”

But Mr. Scholl-Latour admitted there are some similarities. “People thought the Vietnam War would also be over quickly,” he added. Read full article…

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