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The United States left Afghanistan, but the country will be with us for a long time

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You saw the pictures.
The swarm of humanity, jostled against fences at Hamid Karzai International Airport.
Abbey Gate. That’s where the Americans were. Then th …

You saw the pictures. The swarm of humanity, jostled against fences at Hamid Karzai International Airport. Abbey Gate. That’s where the Americans were. Then the Taliban shut off access to Abbey Gate. Then the suicide bomber came. You could anticipate a flurry behind the walls of the Pentagon. The CIA in Langley, VA. The State Department in Foggy Bottom. The West Wing. On Capitol Hill. Afghanistan consumed official Washington. This was all part of a dance that unfolds on the global stage.

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