Iwenty years later, who’s laughing? 71,000 Afghan civilians dead. 170,000 Afghan combatants killed. 2,000 American soldiers gone. Death on that scale isn’t cheap. It took $2.26 trillion in taxpayer money. The government that the United States spent two decades trying to prop up collapsed in a matter of
Afghanistan: The end of the occupation
The Taliban defeat of the United States is a turning point in world history. The power of the American empire has been weakened, and the War on Terror has been defeated politically. This is the beginning of the end of the American century.https://mondoweiss.net/2021/08/afghanistan-the-end-of-the-occupation/?
