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It was the wrong war for americans to fight, and it's not worth the time of men and women, generations of men and women to go over there and fight a war that afghan people weren't even willing to fight in these last days. sure there will be more questions and i thought barbara starr's questions about what failed and who is responsible, those will be questions. but i think, by and large, average americans won't necessarily be asking those questions. they will be glad that this war is coming to an end. >> thanks one and all. joining us now retired general hr mcmaster. he discusses afghanistan in...

Has so many questions. as the community grieves, detectives investigate. here at the scene where the shootings began on thursday night and at 12 other locations around this area. and it's notjust members of the public who witnessed these attacks that are being offered counselling — so, too, are members of the police force. jon kay, bbc news, plymouth. this is bbc news — the headlines: at least 30a people have died in a powerful earthquake in haiti — the prime minister has issued a month—long state of emergency. the last major city in northern afghanistan — mazar—e—sharif — fall...

The taliban's dramatic surge through the country, which began in may but accelerated dramatically in the last week. on saturday it seized control of the city of mazar—i—sharif, the last government stronghold in the north of the country. colin clark was an advisor to hr mcmaster, the former us national security advisor. he gave me his thoughts on why the taliban's advisor because afghanistan has been so fast. to start with, they have been preparing, laying the groundwork for the last two decades. moreover, trump administration telegraphed that the united states would withdraw its troops, wh...

Are entering into this very unique military situation that is notjust putting risk or addressing risk to organisation like ours, but to so many afghans. and that's why i think it's very important for all the stakeholders to rethink. i don't think this is the end of the road, i think this is the end of the road, i think the next few weeks are very critical. the us has to revisit some of its decisions before it is too late. . ~' , ., , of its decisions before it is too late. ., ,, , . of its decisions before it is too late. . ~ , . ., late. thank you very much for “oininr late. thank you very ...

Emboldened by the withdrawal of us troops, the militants have taken more territory in afghanistan in the past two months than at any time since they were ousted from power in 2001. have a look at these two maps. the areas in red were under taliban control injuly. fast forward to august — the area in red is what the taliban controls now. more territory has fallen. the timing of the taliban's offensive isn't surprising — they've seized the opportunity to attack the afghan military, with the majority of us led foreign troops no longer in the country. and critical of that move is the us. gener...