CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS August 15, 2021 14:02:00
Afghan civilian casualties in a decade. in 2018 when the u.s. had four times as many troops as this year, 282 civilian afghans fled their homes in the countryside. a government survey done that year showed that afghan support for u.s. troops was at 55% down from 90% a decade earlier. you have heard people suggest that the withdrawal should've been delayed just a bit. perhaps, but consider this news report in the guardian in 2016. afghan forces lose ground to taliban despite delayed u.s. troop withdrawal. the story pointed out that the u.s. military had persuaded president barack obama to delay
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