Afghanistan May be Calming Down

On February 14, 2013, Shashank Bengali of the Los Angeles Times wrote an article called "U.S Fatalities in Afghanistan Declining". This article discusses how finally United States troops are not doing the main fighting in Afghanistan. The Afghan people are now doing the fighting. For the past twenty five days, not one United States service member has died. This statistics all sound good, but analysts say that this may not necessarily mean the war is over. Even though US troops are planning to move out, there is still a huge terrorist threat in the region, and the burden is just being passed down to the Afghans. Analysts believe that if the situation starts to get bad again, then the Afghans are going to plead for United States help because they were the ones who trained them. In my opinion, having Afghans fight there own battles is a huge victory for both nations, but I have a feeling that if the situation starts to get a little harsh, many afghans wont be able to stand up for the job. Hopefully, they will be able to hold the front while America takes a rest for the first time in about twenty three years.