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Taliban fighters raise their flag at the Ghazni provincial governors house. They took control of the Afghan presidential palace two weeks before the U.S. finished withdrawing its troops.

A loss of focus: United States’ missteps in Afghanistan

Tanner Trafelet, Contributor August 23, 2021

The United States’ (U.S.) focus on the security needs of Afghanistan’s national level government and lack of military support for the more influential, decentralized local Afghan governmental structure...

Political Focus: The aftermath of September 11th

Melissa Deatsch, Political Columnist September 13, 2016

Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Ceremonies took place in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania to honor the lives lost on one of the most tragic days in American...

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