Monday, August 16, 2021

8 Paradoxes That Sum Up America's 20-Year Mission In Afghanistan

Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace in Kabul on Sunday, after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. The person second from left is a former bodyguard for Ghani.

The U.S. government's goals also frequently shifted, creating "20 one-year reconstruction efforts, rather than one 20-year effort," an inspector general's report says.

(Image credit: Zabi Karimi/AP)

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