Seven Years in Afghanistan
After the Taliban government was defeated in 2001, the international community concentrated on Afghanistan alone as the place to fight extremism and terrorism. That approach was wrong from the start, and the failure to pursue a regional strategy has left the terrorists' institutional sources of support intact.
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KABUL –We began a journey in Afghanistan seven years ago with the war that ousted the Taliban from power. Much has been accomplished along the way, for Afghanistan and for the world.