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George W Bush fears for women as he criticises Afghanistan pullout
Former US president says west’s withdrawal is a mistake and could cause ‘unspeakable harm’The former US presid…
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Texas Democrats flee Austin: ‘We are now taking the fight to our nation’s Capitol’ – as it happened
Republicans attempting to use special session to pass billFour-star general Scott Miller announces departure i…
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Joe Biden says US to pull its forces out of Afghanistan by 31 August
• ‘I will not send another generation to war in Afghanistan’• Withdrawal ahead of schedule as Biden says ‘spee…
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Biden says no ‘mission accomplished moment’ as US troops withdraw from Afghanistan – video
Joe Biden has said the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan after 20 years of war will conclude on 31 Augu…
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Biden says ‘I will not send another generation of Americans to war in Afghanistan’ – as it happened
Biden speaks on US troop withdrawal after 20 years at warPresident to receive update on military withdrawal pr…
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Inside Afghanistan’s looted Bagram airbase after US departure – in pictures
After nearly two decades, the US military has left Bagram, now Afghan forces have invited the press inside the…
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Afghan anger over US’s sudden, silent Bagram departure
Military officials say troops turned off power and slipped away without notifying new commanderUS forces plung…
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Afghan civilians take up arms against Taliban as foreign troops depart
Citizens react to spiralling violence with militants seizing at least 50 of county’s nearly 400 districts sinc…
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Catastrophe stalks Afghanistan as the US and UK dash for the exit
Little has been achieved in 20 years of war, and as the Taliban regroup, ordinary Afghans brace for an uncerta…
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How the ‘good war’ went bad: elite soldiers from Australia, UK and US face a reckoning
As coalition troops prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan after 20 years, former soldiers, key officers and the…
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British troops were twice as likely to be killed in Afghanistan as US forces
Exclusive: Costs of War study looked at losses suffered by Nato allies over 2001-17, finding UK lost 455 lives…
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Afghan forces face ‘bad possible outcomes’ against Taliban – US general
Mark Milley overseeing withdrawal by 11 SeptemberBiden marks 10th anniversary of killing of Osama bin LadenCar…
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The US is pulling out of Afghanistan. But it will never leave those of us who served there
Historians will judge America’s longest war. Now, the sounds of helicopters over my home take me back to Losan…
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What did 20 years of western intervention in Afghanistan achieve? Ruination | Simon Jenkins
Britain’s justifications for invading were having influence and deterring terror. They are just neo-imperialis…
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The Guardian view on the Afghanistan withdrawal: an unwinnable war | Editorial
Joe Biden has called time on America’s longest war. The decision exposes the limits of US power and leaves an …