16 Aug 2018

Afghanistan - the war that never ends.

From The Panel, 4:46 pm on 16 August 2018

A blast in Kabul has killed more than 40 people today, many of them teenagers. The assault is just one in a spate of recent attacks in the country.

While the Taliban has denied responsibility for this attack, they've launched other lately, seemingly in a show of force as talks with the US are on the horizon.

We ask the panelists if we'll ever see the back of this war.

US forces launched airstrikes on August 10 to counter a major Taliban assault on an Afghan provincial capital, where terrified residents cowered in their homes amid explosions and gunfire as security forces fought to beat the insurgents back.

US forces launched airstrikes on August 10 to counter a major Taliban assault on an Afghan provincial capital, where terrified residents cowered in their homes amid explosions and gunfire as security forces fought to beat the insurgents back. Photo: AFP