In Kabul airport, remnants of US war bear witness to an ‘unthinkable’ exit
16 September 2021 |
10:04 am
One month after the Islamists' "unimaginable" takeover of Afghanistan's capital, US items left behind in the airport are the remnants of the two-decade American intervention that ended in an "unthinkable" exit.
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