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Signals Of More U.S. Involvement In Afghanistan

Published May 4, 2017 at 1:11 PM EDT
Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack targeting foreign troops in the Bati Kot district of Nangarhar province on May 1, 2017. (Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images)
Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack targeting foreign troops in the Bati Kot district of Nangarhar province on May 1, 2017. (Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images)

After already spending billions of dollars and losing nearly 3,000 U.S. service members in Afghanistan, the Trump administration could be poised to increase U.S. involvement.

Bloomberg View columnist Eli Lake (@EliLake) writes the debate over what President Trump should do in Afghanistan is being won by the interventionists. He joins Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson to discuss why.

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