A GPS Special: The Fall of Kabul, One Year Later
Fareed Zakaria GPS
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Afghanistan - The Defeat of the Taliban
The report notes that if the goal was to re build and leave behind a country that can sustain itself and pose little threat to us. It added up all the other costs, including 837 billion dollars war fighting three thousand 587 us. And allied troops dead, and no fewer than 66000 afghan troops dead. Why? What explains how so much energy, effort, blood and treasure yielded so little? The report lists many reasons, incoherent strategy, lack of patience, unrealistic expectations, insufficient monitoring - but these do not feel like they get at the core of the problem.
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