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Kabul – a catastrophe 20 years in the making
Stop the War Coalition convener LINDSEY GERMAN assesses the humiliating end to 20 years of the US-led war on Afghanistan
Fleeing Afghans alongside a US troop carrier that took off with some clinging to it – among them several fell to their deaths

THIS was a defeat 20 years in the making. The invasion and occupation of Afghanistan was never going to succeed in its stated aims of eradicating the threat of terrorism and building a peaceful and prosperous society. 

Instead, as the nascent Stop the War movement argued at the time, the war would make the threat of terrorism worse. It would not improve the lives of millions of Afghans. It would be seen as an imperialist adventure and would be opposed by large numbers of the population. 

The validity of all these points have been demonstrated in the past weeks, as the Taliban has routed its opponents time and again and is now set to form a government. 

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