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    How ‘hearts and minds’ strategy endangers Afghan civilians

    Winning "hearts and minds" is key to the US effort against the Taliban in Afghanistan. But this strategy puts civilians at risk, explains Jason Lyall.
    by Mike Cummings-Yale Mar 28, 2017 0 minutes

    Winning the “hearts and minds” of Afghan civilians is a key component of the United States’ strategy in Afghanistan, where war continues to rage more than 16 years after NATO-backed forces knocked the Taliban from power.

    But these kinds of aid programs may have an unintended consequence: Taliban insurgents target villages where aid projects have gained traction, says Jason Lyall, associate professor of political science at Yale University. He recently discussed his findings, which appear in the Journal of Peace Research.

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