We meet John Nicholson, Trump's top general in Afghanistan, to find out if the conflict can ever be brought to an end.
Last year, US President Donald Trump announced a "new" strategy for his country's forces in Afghanistan.
The plan involved reversing his predecessor's phased withdrawal, bumping up the number of US troops to as many as 15,000, and giving new authority to US commanders to strike the Taliban in an effort to force the group to eventually negotiate a truce with the Afghan government.
But 17 years since the original US-led invasion, there are no signs that this approach is proving any more successful than those that have gone before it.
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