The best case for withdrawing all US troops from Afghanistan

In 2018, Kolenda and US diplomat Robin Raphel also privately engaged in secret talks with the Taliban aimed at bringing the war to an end. Those talks helped pave the way for the agreement the Trump administration later signed with the Taliban.

Should the US overstay its welcome, said Kolenda, now the founder of Strategic Leaders Academy, “The Biden administration will own the consequences of what looks to be an increasing calamity in Afghanistan.”

I called Kolenda and asked him to lay out the best case for why Biden should withdraw all remaining US troops from Afghanistan.

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