The Afghan war : why the US lost
A number of variables underpin US failure in Afghanistan. But the most salient ones are three that also explain America’s Vietnam fiasco and the Soviet Union’s Afghanistan debacle. Whatever Washington’s reasoning, the Taliban’s return to power entails serious implications for the US’ and NATO’s pres...
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