Training Changes Seriously Complicate U.S.’s Afghan Exit Strategy

On paper, the path out of Afghanistan for the U.S. remains what it's always been: preparing Afghan troops to fight the insurgency by 2014. And the NATO military command insists that's all on course. But in reality, the persistence of Afghan troops attacking their American mentors has prompted a major shift in how the U.S. trains Afghans, to the point where it calls into question the cornerstone...