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Afghanistan: How the Afghan Army Came To Collapse So Quickly

2021-08-15T18:16:45.994Z


The Afghan army surrendered to the Taliban without a fight - after the West trained the units for twenty years and supported them with billions. Why did the troops surrender?


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Afghan soldiers:

collapsed like a house of cards

Photo: Rahmat Gul / AP

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