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The descent of Afghanistan

28 August 2021

7:45 AM

28 August 2021

7:45 AM

The bomb attacks at Kabul airport were what US and allied commanders overseeing the mass evacuation had most feared. In so far as they could be, they were prepared. They had, it appears, received very specific intelligence — perhaps based on a trial run by the bombers — that such attacks were in the offing.

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