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AFGHAN DEBACLE REDEFINES THE LIMITS OF US EMPIRE

Ishtiaq Ahmad Arab News September 1, 2021

The US has suffered a major blow to its credibility as a global power in the wake of the humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s swift return to power. Recovery from the Afghan debacle will take some time. Until then, it is difficult to imagine the US resuming liberal interventionism in any regional conflict in the near future.

The chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan has also led to a bitter public debate inside the US. Amid the ensuing blame game, either the Biden administration is singled out for criticism or the buck is passed on to the erstwhile Afghan allies, President Joe Biden’s predecessors or US military commanders involved in the 20-year war in the country.

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Ishtiaq Ahmad is an academic and author based in Islamabad. He has served as the Quaid-e-Azam Fellow at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford; Vice Chancellor of Sargodha University, Pakistan....More

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