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In just over a week, the Taliban have captured almost all of Afghanistan and are asking for Kabul's surrender.

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Aug 15, 2021
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks on August 2, 2021 before the Afghan National Assembly. Source: Voice of America.

The threat of the Taliban returning to power always had loomed over the withdrawal from Afghanistan. In truth, it was never really a question of “if” the Afghan government would be overrun, but “when”. Maybe the Afghan National Army could…

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