A Tale of Two Armies

Chaos, confusion and desperation in the run-up to US’ exit from Afghanistan. An extract.

Andrew Quilty

(Specialist Nate) Nelson hadn’t expected the Afghanistan he’d learned about through the media and movies over the course of the war, nor that which he’d heard of through the stories of his National Guard sergeants who had already deployed: about I…

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