American forces abruptly pulled out of Afghanistan last month, triggering the collapse of its western-backed govt and the Taliban’s dramatic return to power...
'The events of September 11, 2001, became the hinge on which all of recent American history would turn, rewriting global alliances, reorganizing the US government, and even changing the feel of daily ...
When the Taliban rocketed a US base in Bost, 'the generals decided the optics would look bad if we left after being attacked, so we stayed a little longer' ...