NATO defence ministers engaged in what was undoubtedly a painful (if somewhat perfunctory) soul-searching exercise over Afghanistan this week in their first full-fledged meeting since the Taliban seized the country back in the summer.
The nearly two-decade long nation-building venture — which included the deployment of major combat forces outside of the European theatre, the western military alliance’s traditional turf — has been the subject of an ongoing “lessons learned” exercise since the summer’s tumultuous, deadly evacuation from Kabul.
Some observers wonder, however, how far the institution is willing to go to come to terms with — and perhaps assign blame for — a lost war.
The review reportedly
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