After the Fall in Afghanistan
The Lawfare Podcast
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What We've Been Watching in Afghanistan Over the Last Few Weeks
I think, in terms of how we got here, you have to look at some longer term trajectories that have been observable in afghanistan by people who have been watching closely. And what we saw happen in the last couple of weeks and in the final days of the regime was much more a function of the collapse on the government side than changes in the military equation on the taliban side. I mean, who's going to fight when they're not being paid and fed? What changed was a collapse of the system on theAfghan government side,. A lapse of confidence on the part of the security forces and political elements in the ability of the afghan government to endure without American backing
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