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Why Afghanistan’s ‘Pumpkin Government’ Was Always Doomed

THE NEW ABNORMAL

Molly Jong-Fast speaks to Jeet Heer and WaPo’s Greg Sargent about the decades of mistakes that led to the Afghan government’s demise. Plus, supermodel Carré Otis.

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