The United States spent more than $88 billion to train and equip Afghanistan’s army and police, nearly two-thirds of all of its foreign aid to the country since 2002. So why are they crumbling in the face of the Taliban onslaught?
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Politico: The $88 billion gamble on the Afghan army that’s going up in smoke
An internally displaced man adjusts a solar power panel on the rooftop of a mud house at a refugee camp, on the outskirts of Herat on Nov. 26, 2020.
