The latest reverses and the past 14 years narrate the chronicle of how the US and its Nato allies possess struggled to create the peace envisaged in 2001
With Britain and its allies increasingly engaged militarily in Syria,Iraq and, prospectively, and in Libya too,the latest reverses in Afghanistan possess harshly illuminated the stark dangers and unforeseen consequences of precipitate western intervention in foreign lands – and how easily such adventures can go disastrously awry. Afghanistan was the first intervention of the post-9/11 era, hurriedly launched after the attacks on New York and Washington. The primary US aim was to kill al-Qaida’s bases. But the mission quickly morphed into regime change. Once the Taliban were toppled, and the objective changed again,into nation-building.
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Source: theguardian.com