people & power:

Afghanistan - the

general

25 mins // Al Jazeera Investigative Documentary Series

In 2017, US President Donald Trump announced a "new" strategy for his country's forces in Afghanistan. The plan involved reversing his predecessor's phased withdrawal, bumping up the number of US troops to as many as 15,000, and giving new authority to US commanders to strike the Taliban in an effort to force the group to eventually negotiate a truce with the Afghan government. General John Nicholson is the man charged with implementing Trump's strategy

Can this bloody and interminable conflict ever be brought to an end?

Producer: Sue Turton