Russia, Belarus Plan Massive Anti-NATO Military Exercise in Wake of Afghan Defeat

A view of Bagram Air Base after all U.S. and NATO troops left, some 43 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 2, 2021. Zakeria Hashimi/AFP via Getty Images

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Vladimir Putin has emerged as a major beneficiary of President Joe Biden’s surrender in Afghanistan and his backing off sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.