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Turning worms into snakes

Did the United States back the wrong side in Afghanistan?

2 September 2022

11:00 PM

2 September 2022

11:00 PM

One year on from the disastrous US withdrawal from Afghanistan and still there are those, such as retired US General David Petraeus, former head of Nato operations in Afghanistan, who believe we should have stayed a bit longer, proving the Afghan proverb that an intelligent enemy is better than a foolish friend.

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