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When Did the US Lose Afghanistan?

When Will We Ever Admit Our Mistakes?

Bill Roggio
Aug 21, 2024
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August 15, 2021, was the day Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, and the US lost the war. Or was it? 

After following the war for over two decades, it’s become clear that Afghanistan wasn’t lost in a day. Or 11 days, as General Mark A. Milley, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and others have wrongly claimed. Our failure in

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