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It’s been 10 years since Mark Wales last deployed to Afghanistan. The retired Australian Special Forces soldier is proud of his service but doesn’t hesitate to declare that the US-led alliance, of which Australia was a part of, lost the "aimless war" to the Taliban.     “It's surprising to me that no one is banging their fists on the table about this. We’re trying to just creep away saying, ‘oh we just lost that war. I hope no one notices,'” the 41-year-old tells SBS News from his home in Perth. “It’s a pretty big deal. If we’re losing wars at a national level it has to b...

The Last Special Forces Fighting the Forever War BY January 23, 2021 . O n the 15th of January, five days before the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden, the Trump administration drew down American forces in Afghanistan to just 2,500. Given the chaos in Washington, DC after the election, the seditious attack on the Capitol building, and the ongoing conspiracy theories surrounding the election, one could be forgiven (but only slightly) for forgetting the American presence in that country. America’s longest war may not be over, but it is certainly not on the minds of many in the United ...