[Link] Afghanistan stunned by scale and speed of security forces’ collapse

Read: 14/7/2021 www.theguardian.com

Last autumn, with the departure of American troops from Afghanistan looming after the US signed a withdrawal deal with the Taliban, several of the most senior security officials in Kabul urged President Ashraf Ghani to make some hard choices.

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