The number of missions in which Afghan security forces work in partnership with American and allied troops is growing again, although restrictions ordered after a spate of “insider attacks” have not been lifted, Pentagon and military officials said Thursday. In a significant restriction on a core element of the Western exit strategy from Afghanistan, the American-led military coalition said last week that all joint operations with Afghan forces conducted below the battalion level had to first go through a formal approval process — an effort to stem attacks by members of the Afghan security forces that have killed 51 American or allied service members this year. Officials...
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