Afghanistan: What Was It All For? (audio)

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Afghanistan: What Was It All For? (audio)

The staggeringly rapid takeover by the Taliban lays waste to the stated promise of American intervention and training

Steven Beschloss

Aug 17, 2021

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Taliban fighters and local residents sit on an Afghan National Army Humvee in Laghman province on August 15, 2021. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images.)

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