April 27, 2012

Declare Victory and Get Out of Afghanistan

Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail

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No matter what sums NATO expends in Afghanistan after its forces leave, the country is likely to enter a period of fracture marked by political instability, ethnic conflict and perhaps civil war.

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