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One of favourite articles from RK Simha, til date one of the best: What America can learn from India in conquering Afghanistan https://www.esamskriti.com/author/Rakesh-Krishnan-Simha.aspx Don’t let the American failures to subjugate Afghans distract you from the fact that the Hindus (Maharajah...

What the hell are you even referring to? I never once brought up India’s role in Afghanistan vis-a-vis the American occupation. I never mentioned anything about Indian troop presence in Afghanistan. I’ll address the rest of what you’ve detailed regarding the CIA/ISI later on.

In what world do you see an intransigent Islamist actor like the Taliban agreeing to such capitulations? They have fought against the US and it’s allies for nearly 2 decades now. What incentive do they have to agree to any sort of power-sharing trap with an effectively-installed Western puppet...

You’re right- military expeditions aren’t zero sum games. But Afghanistan flies in the face of everything that the US preached about not wanting to replicate another Vietnam-ish quagmire after the former chapter concluded. It has nothing to do with “enterprise” or winning/losing what is or...

There is no “face-saving” recourse for the Americans and their failure of a military misadventure in Afghanistan.