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Afghanistan: The Mistake Wasn’t Going In, It Was How We Left

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Afghanistan: The Mistake Wasn’t Going In, It Was How We Left
A U.S. Air Force aircraft takes off from the airport in Kabul on Aug. 30, 2021. Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images
Roger Kimball
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My first encounter with Afghanistan was many years ago, through Eric Newby’s “A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush.”
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Roger Kimball
Roger Kimball
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Roger Kimball is the editor and publisher of The New Criterion and publisher of Encounter Books. His most recent book is “Where Next? Western Civilization at the Crossroads.”
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