ANALYSIS | Arrogance and ignorance: this is why the West lost in Afghanistan

Storming into countries without insight into their ways cripples the West’s cause before the first shot rings out

05 September 2021 - 18:38
By Max Hastings

Storming into countries without insight into their ways cripples the West’s cause before the first shot rings out

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