Afghanistan: Did Afghan Minerals Change Trump's Mind about Afghanistan?

Aug 29, 2017 | Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi, Deutsche Welle
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While presenting his much-awaited Afghanistan policy last week, US President Donald Trump said he decided against a complete withdrawal of US forces from the war-torn country purely on his "instinct." The main reason he cited for an indefinite US presence in Afghanistan was, of course, to defeat Islamist terrorists in the country, where the US has been engaged in a bloody war for 16 years. But experts say there is more to his decision than meets the eye.