Jason Lyall quoted in TheNews.com - The take in Washington from Afghanistan in 2018

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January 17, 2019

Professor Jason Lyall is quoted on thenews.com website in an article entitled “The Take In Washington From Afghanistan in 2018.”

From the article, …

“Jason Lyall of Yale University came out with five key lessons from Taliban’s deadly resurgence in 2018, especially the attack on Ghazni: He said that (1) Talking and fighting are complements, not substitutes for the Taliban. (2) Afghan forces are nowhere near ready to stand on their own. (3) The Afghan government has a major credibility problem. (4) The Taliban can’t capture cities but that may not matter. (5) Air power is not a silver bullet…”