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Afghanistan: The End of a Strategic Distraction. Egmont Commentary 20 August 2021.

Biscop, Sven (2021) Afghanistan: The End of a Strategic Distraction. Egmont Commentary 20 August 2021. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    he military intervention in Afghanistan was a near complete success. Or it would have been, had the US pulled out as soon as it was satisfied that its initial objective had been achieved: the destruction of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. That did not require occupying and taking over the country – a targeted punitive expedition (to use the jargon of past empires that got embroiled there) would have sufficed. But occupying and taking over Afghanistan was what the US did, eventually calling on NATO and other allies for assistance in what became a state-building project. After twenty years, that add-on objective ended in total failure.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > External relations > common foreign & security policy 1993--European Global Strategy
    EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-US
    Other international institutions > NATO
    Countries > Afghanistan
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Egmont : Royal Institute for International Affairs > Commentaries
    Depositing User: Daniel Pennell
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2021 13:54
    Number of Pages: 5
    Last Modified: 27 Sep 2021 13:54
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/103616

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