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Poster of the movie: “Lions for Lambs” (2007)

The Afghanistan War in Hollywood

A few days after the fall of Kabul into the hands of the Taliban, Ann Hornaday, a film critic in The Washington Post wrote that “we have seen this movie before.” This often-used expression also has…

Mohammad Ali Salih 27 August 2021

What a Withdrawal From Afghanistan Would Look Like

Over the past two years, a bipartisan consensus has emerged thatthe United Statesshould leaveAfghanistan. This summer, PresidentDonald Trumprepeatedly claimed that he wanted out. So did the…

Carter Malkasian 08 November 2019

Diplomacy Can’t Solve All of Afghanistan’s Problems

On the night ofAugust 17, as over 1,000 guests danced at a wedding celebration inDubaiCity, a hall inKabulnamed after the Afghan elite’s favorite weekend getaway, a 23-year-old interloper detonated…

Barnett R. Rubin 30 August 2019

Groups of officers, seen in the typical Jungle Uniform, with their belongings in suitcases and boxes, waiting for transportation, Phu Bai Combat Base, Vietnam, 1964. (Getty)

Lessons From Vietnam on Leaving Afghanistan

The prospect of an end to the conflict inAfghanistanhas led manyU.S.foreign policy experts to ponder the ignoble conclusion of another war, now a half century past.Vietnamreportedly offers a…

George C. Herring 26 April 2019

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