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The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 was the result of
declining active support for the government, and of waste and
inefficiency in aid delivery. Yet, while corrosive, these problems
were not in themselves sufficient to have brought about a collapse.
To a significant degree, they were the result of early failings in
institutional design, reflecting an American inclination to pursue
short-term policy approaches that created perverse incentives-thus
interfering with the long-term objective of stability. This book
exposes the true factors underpinning Kabul's fall. The Afghan
Republic came under relentless attack from Taliban insurgents who
depended critically on Pakistani support. It also suffered a
creeping invasion that put the government on the back foot as the
US tried and failed to deal with Pakistan's perfidy. The fatal blow
came when bored US leaders naively cut an exit deal with the enemy,
fatally compromising the operation of the Afghan army and air force
and triggering the final collapse, with top leaders at odds over
whether to make a final stand in Kabul. The Afghan Republic did not
simply decline and fall. It was betrayed.
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