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On cultural imperialism and a war that was never about women and girls
Many Western commentators seem to not understand that democracy, like women’s rights, is not a one-size-fits-all package, argues JULIAN VIGO

THE 20-year US-led invasion and occupation of Afghanistan have been a complete disaster on every level.
For anyone who doubts the inefficacy of the US-led occupation of the country over the past two decades, listen to Richard Hanania, former research fellow at Columbia University, who clarifies the impact of the war and occupation of Afghanistan, vituperating the incompetence of the occupation as he concludes that the entire operation was a failure of immense proportions from the tactical to the economic.
By 2014, the US occupation in Afghanistan had cost more than the Marshall Plan that helped Europe recover after World War II.
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