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The Taliban Peace Deal Might Have Been Had Many Years and Thousands of Lives Ago
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The end was closing in on them. Not two months after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the Taliban’s Kandahar stronghold was about to fall to its Northern Alliance antagon...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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The war in Afghanistan started 18 years ago to fight terrorism after 9/11. Is the US safer?
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The world was dramatically different 18 years ago when the war in Afghanistan started. Thousands of families were grappling with the deaths of their loved ones in the World Tr...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Chris Kolenda On The Possibility Of Peace In Afghanistan
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Chris Kolenda, founder of the Strategic Leaders Academy, talks about the possibility of a peace deal in Afghanistan. Listen to the full conversation on Sirius XM:...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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U.S. Looks For Way Out Of Afghanistan During Talks With Taliban And Afghan Government
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Chris Kolenda about possible roadblocks as the U.S., the Taliban, and the Afghan government work toward reaching an agreement on a U.S. exit stra...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Afghanistan's Forever War
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It's been another violent week in Afghanistan. Former U.S. Army Col. Chris Kolenda, who helped set up a back channel with the Taliban, discusses what it will take to get all s...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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The best way forward in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan, the longest in U.S. history, shows little sign of winding down. Despite hundreds of billions of dollars in military aid and state support, Afghanistan ...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Is The Afghan War Going To Be Another Vietnam For The U.S.?
Rachel Martin talks to Chris Kolenda, a former senior adviser to the Defense Department, about the failures of the U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan, and how it risks beco...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Selling Trump a new Afghanistan commitment
The Trump administration is considering whether to plunge more resources and troops into the United States’ longest war — Afghanistan — as some of the president’s top generals...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
