Thomas Walkom: Mission accomplished? Not in Afghanistan (in the Toronto Star)

"In 2001, the United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan to bolster one side in a long-running civil war. Canada’s troops joined in a few months later.

"A decade later, that civil war rages on.

"The side we supported, now the government, remains almost as weak as it was in 2001. The side we opposed, the Taliban, remains almost as strong.

"And the Americans, who at one point vowed to destroy the Taliban, are now reportedly in peace talks with them."

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It is not without cause that Afghanistan has been called "the graveyard of empires".