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On the recordFebruary 8, 2022
The overnight collapse of the Afghan army and the government was, to me, proof that 20 years of nation building had failed.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy reflects on the failure of two decades of nation building in Afghanistan.

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