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Why the Taliban Won: And What Washington Can Do About It Now

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foreignaffairs.com - Vanda Felbab-Brown • 486d

In the end, it took astoundingly little time after U.S. forces left Afghanistan for the Taliban to bring down its government: ten days. On Friday and …

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