KABUL at a cost now nearing $8 billion, it remained a frustrating work in progress, with no end in sight, a report in the New York Times said on Friday.
Some aviation experts say the Afghans will rely on American maintenance and other support for years.
Such dependence could complicate President Trump’s moves to extricate the US from the 17-year-old war against Taliban insurgents — a war in which they lately appear to be gaining ground . . .









