Afghanistan Was—And Is—Worth Fighting For (audio version)

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Afghanistan Was—And Is—Worth Fighting For (audio version)

Why Afghanistan matters

Daniel James Sharp

Sep 12, 2022

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Afghanistan Was—And Is—Worth Fighting For

It is now a little over a year since the Taliban re-took control of that most benighted of modern nations, Afghanistan. At that time, you could hardly glance at the news without seeing images of the fall of Kabul and the disastrous American withdrawal. The media was ablaze with the whole sorry spectacle, the whole terrible tragedy of it all. But news cy…

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