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September 16, 2021

Some United States aid to Afghanistan should be conditional, says national security expert

By Lisa Curtis

Lisa Curtis, senior fellow and director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, former deputy assistant to the president on the National Security Council discusses aid to Afghanistan.

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