Review of the Year 2009: Afghanistan - Independent

In 2009 we saw the legacy of the broken promises the West made when the Taliban fell eight years ago. At the time Tony Blair declared "this time we will not walk away" as had happened when the Afghans were used and then abandoned in the war against the Russians. But that is precisely what happened, with the US and Britain moving on to the quagmire of Iraq and Afghanistan became the forgotten war. - Review of the Year 2009: Afghanistan

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