WATCH: How the US Created a Disaster in Afghanistan

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August 27, 2021

Ever since the war in Afghanistan began in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the US government has struggled with answering exactly why the military was there.

Vox investigative reporter Azmat Khan and former US ambassador to Afghanistan Michael McKinley examine the mission, what it got wrong, and why America’s long intervention is now considered a failure.

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