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Nov 2021
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Retreat from Kabul – Part 2

The Observer
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In Kabul, the Taliban’s takeover was assured. In London, an ignominious retreat, and the betrayal of former comrades in the Afghan army, was more than a group of ex-soldiers, now MPs, could stomach...



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