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What’s Next for Afghanistan

Unsure future for an unstable area

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Philip Bowring
Aug 16, 2021
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The US and its allies had to leave Afghanistan, but the precipitate manner of their doing so has cast US policy planning and determination in a dismal light. It will not help to encourage middling size countries in Asia to snuggle up to the US-led Quad as protection against Chinese ambitions.

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