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Forgetting the lessons of 9/11 led to US defeat in Afghanistan
Posted By Brahma Chellaney on September 13, 2021 @ 11:00
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[1] facilitating: https://thehill.com/opinion/international/568348-biden-surrenders-afghanistan-to-terrorists?rnd=1629294614&rl=1
[2] deadliest terrorists: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-caves-in-to-the-taliban-by-brahma-chellaney-2019-01
[3] 2,000: https://www.defense.gov/casualty.pdf
[4] rebirth of global terror: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/afghanistan-us-military-pullout-terrorist-takeover-by-brahma-chellaney-2021-04
[5] political vacuum: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/01/18/commentary/world-commentary/obama-war-peace/
[6] international jihadist movement: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/sunni-islam-federalism-by-brahma-chellaney-2014-11
[7] extends: https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/2021/USCounterterrorismOperations
[8] ending the US combat mission in Iraq: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/26/politics/joe-biden-iraq/index.html
[9] report: https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-09-01/costsofwar
[10] politicisation: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/11/the-global-war-on-terrorism-has-failed-heres-how-to-win/
[11] claims: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/31/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-end-of-the-war-in-afghanistan/
[12] said: https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-on-afghanistan/
[13] acknowledged: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-thousands-isis-prisoners-released-taliban
[14] report: https://www.undocs.org/en/S/2021/486
[15] are separate entities: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-august-27-2021-2/
[16] wing: https://unherd.com/thepost/as-kabul-burns-we-need-to-talk-about-pakistan/
[17] deputy leader: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58235639
[18] real victor: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/world/asia/afghanistan-pakistan-taliban.html
[19] major non-NATO ally: https://www.state.gov/major-non-nato-ally-status/
[20] long-time sponsor: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/qatar-funding-jihad-isis-by-brahma-chellaney-2014-10
[21] used: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/123-our-islamists-2011-11
[22] founder: https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1988/materials/summaries/entity/haqqani-network
[23] cut their teeth: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/sri-lanka-islamist-terrorism-in-asia-by-brahma-chellaney-2019-04
[24] UN-listed terrorist: https://www.un.org/french/sc/committees/consolidated.htm
[25] architect: https://theconversation.com/who-is-mullah-hasan-akhund-what-does-the-talibans-choice-of-interim-prime-minister-mean-for-afghanistan-167514
[26] 2001 demolition: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/208/
[27] secret war: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/world/middleeast/cia-syria-rebel-arm-train-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news