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The Taliban has seized more cities, despite U.S. efforts to build a strong Afghan military

August 9, 2021

Rachel Tecott op-ed in the Washington Post Monkey Cage, August 9, 2021. "The Taliban has seized more cities, despite U.S. efforts to build a strong Afghan military. What happened?"

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