Team Trump is leaning toward a new Afghan surge

Team Trump is leaning toward a new Afghan surge | New York Post: 

According to administration officials familiar with the deliberations of the cabinet’s principals committee, the Afghanistan strategy would tie the United States to the success of President Ashraf Ghani’s ambitious plan to build up an inclusive government and regain territory from the Taliban.
While the strategy envisions eventually forging a peace deal with the Taliban, in the meantime it would increase the pace of strikes — to encourage the Taliban to negotiate.