Changes to US activities in Afghanistan

This is the introduction to an article at Foreign Policy.com about changes to US strategy in Afghanistan.  There isn't much to the article, but we'll definitely return to this on 2 October, so read it.

Following a string of insider attacks by Afghan soldiers against their U.S. and NATO counterparts, Gen. John R. Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, issued a new set of limits on direct cooperation with Afghan forces.

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But in reality, the persistence of Afghan troops attacking their American mentors has prompted a major shift in how the U.S. trains Afghans, to the point where it calls into question the cornerstone of the U.S. exit strategy.