With the end to the American surge in Afghanistan, the 33,000 additional troops sent to the war-torn country two years ago by President Obama have returned home. This still leaves 68,000 troops there, with no foreseeable resolution in sight, and little attention paid by American politicians and the public to that area of the world. This hour, NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman on the end and the effect of the surge, the recent increase in insider (the so-called “green on blue”) attacks, what’s next and why the topic is rarely discussed by candidates.
