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The beginning of the end for us in Afghanistan – and the beginning of just what?

2 March 2020

7:17 PM

2 March 2020

7:17 PM

Not the end, but perhaps the beginning of the end: the United States and the Taliban have signed a preliminary agreement in Doha, Qatar, on a conditional withdrawal of the last 12,000 American troops from Afghanistan — along with ADF personnel in Kabul and Khandahar.

It’s not a peace agreement, as it does not involve the Afghan authorities.

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