Many analysts wonder whether the Afghan army can sustain such punishing losses in the long run, let alone the higher casualties that would presumably follow if it lost American training and air support.
Abahlaziyi abaningi bayazibuza ukuthi kungenzeka yini ibutho lase-Afghanistan likwazi ukumelana nokulahlekelwa okubuhlungu kanjalo, ingasaphathwa eyenani elikhulu okungenzeka bafe uma lilahlekelwa ukuqeqeshwa yiMelika nokwesekwa ngezindiza zayo.