Between military hubris, ill-defined objectives and incoherent strategy, the Afghan war has resembled from the start a long list of mistakes not to be made.
Begun with disconcerting ease in the weeks following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the American intervention in Afghanistan has turned over the years into the longest war ever waged by the United States in its history. The saying about Afghanistan, easy to invade, expensive to govern, difficult to leave, has once again been verified. After the British in the 19th century, the Soviets in the 20th, the Americans are trying in the 21st to get out of a deep strategic rut.
Considered in its beginnings as a just war, in comparison with the 2003 invasion of Iraq, waged with vast international and notably European support, initially supported by a significant part of the Afghans, the American intervention in Afghanistan has it took a long time to appear for this
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