BOOK REVIEW: Accounting for the West’s political and military failure in Afghanistan
20 January 2022 - 05:08
While hundreds of millions of us impotently watched as front pages and TV screens showed the horror and despair of the Western withdrawal from Afghanistan, the two authors of this book were busy working around the clock to help their friends get out of the place.
Having spent considerable time as top advisers to Nato generals and Afghan political leaders, mingling with the people, travelling extensively — and even talking to the Taliban — the pair received a flood of cries for help as the Taliban advanced on Kabul. ..
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