The Election Year Outsourcing that No One’s Talking About - Nick Turse, huffingtonpost

Since late 2001, the United States has been fighting its former Afghan proxies and their progeny. Now, after years of bloody combat, it’s the U.S. that’s looking to withdraw the bulk of its forces and once again employ proxies to secure its interests there. - Washington Puts Its Money on Proxy War - Afghanistan War -- TomDispatch