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47. Trump’s Cabinet Fiasco

The Rest Is Politics: US

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The CIA's Covert Operations and Their Impact on Afghanistan

This chapter explores the CIA's covert operations in Afghanistan during the 1980s and 1990s, particularly its support for the Mujahideen against Soviet forces. It also examines the Agency's efforts to locate bin Laden in the pre-9/11 context and the subsequent shift in U.S. national security focus after the September 11 attacks.

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