Afghanistan 11, featuring US and Taliban forces, removed from App StoreAccording to publishers, killing the enemy is not the main focus of the gameBy Charlie Hall@Charlie_L_Hall Dec 6, 2018
U.S. Army mortar men from the 2-27th Infantry Regiment fire mortars at a Taliban position on Sept. 2, 2011, at Observation Post Mustang in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. John Moore/Getty Images The war in Afghanistan has stretched on for 17 long years. Action against the Taliban has embroiled generations of United States servicemembers, becoming at once a modern conflict and a historical one. Among the very best ways to learn about that war is through Slitherines well-regarded strategy game Afghanistan 11.
Unfortunately, Apple has elected to remove that title from the App Store. In an email sent to Slitherine, the software and hardware giant called out the game for depicting a specific government or other real entity as the enemies. The game was delisted the same day.
Apples decision, which comes more than one year after the game went on sale for iOS devices, came as a shock to its publishers.
Historical rigour is a fundamental key of Slitherine and Matrix Games DNA, wrote Paulo Paglianti, Slitherines...
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