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