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Aug 2021
29m 37s

The Afghanistan Withdrawal

THE CRITIC
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The dramatic events in Afghanistan in recent days mark many things. The end of America’s longest war, the end of the post-9/11 era and the return of the Taliban. They also constitute the first and perhaps defining foreign policy crisis for US President Joe Biden. To try to make sense of the US side of the momentous Afghanistan story, the Critic’s US Edito ... Show More
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