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By SUSANNAH GEORGE | The Washington Post | Published: March 7, 2021 KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Reduced U.S. military support in battles against the Taliban is frustrating efforts by Afghanistan's elite forces to roll back the militants' advances here, with decreased airstrikes and a shortage of advanced technology slowing their ground operations. Taliban militants have mounted a violent, months-long campaign to expand influence across the country as the United States has withdrawn troops, closed bases and halted offensive operations against the militants in keeping with a peace deal...

With less U.S. support, Afghanistan elite forces struggle to roll back Taliban advances Susannah George, The Washington Post March 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Afghan special forces guard an outpost in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province on Feb. 22. Before the U.S.-Taliban deal last year, about half a dozen U.S. partners would be at bases like this one, Afghan officials say.Washington Post photo by Susannah GeorgeShow MoreShow Less 2of5Gen. Haibatullah Alizai, the commander of Afghanistan's Special Operations Corps, prays at the Arghandab outpost. In the valley belo...