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War of attrition encompasses guerrilla warfare which is what the Taliban used, see definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attrition_warfare https://en.wikipe

War of attrition encompasses guerrilla warfare which is what the Taliban used, see definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attrition_warfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attrition_warfare War of attrition does not mean casualty numbers, it means the goal of the war is to wear down the enemy so that their will to fight collapses which both the Taliban and the US tried to do, see: https://www.csis.org/analysis/afghan-war-attrition-peace-talks-remain-extension-war-other-means https://www.csis.org/analysis/afghan-war-attrition-peace-tal...

forz877 5y ago
>War of attrition does not mean casualty numbers War of attrition almost certainly requires high continual casualty numbers, it's literally in the first sentence of the Wikipedia article: > Attrition warfare is a military strategy consisting of belligerent attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and materiel.