Top US general says security in Afghanistan deteriorating

The U_S_’s top general in Afghanistan has given a sobering assessment of the country’s deteriorating security situation as America winds down its so-called “forever war.”

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S.'s top general in Afghanistan on Tuesday gave a sobering assessment of the country's deteriorating security situation as America winds down its so-called “forever war.” Gen. Austin S. Miller said the rapid loss of districts around the country to the Taliban — several with significant strategic value — is worrisome. He also cautioned that the militias deployed to help the beleaguered national security forces could lead the country into civil war. Miller told a small group of reporters in the Afghan capital that for now he has the weapons and the capability to aid Afghanistan’s National Defense and Security Forces. But he said only a political solution will bring peace to the war-tortured nation.