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Plumes of smoke rise into the sky after fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel in Kandahar, Afghanistan, southwest of Kabul, on Thursday, August 12, 2021. AP
Plumes of smoke rise into the sky after fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel in Kandahar, Afghanistan, southwest of Kabul, on Thursday, August 12, 2021. AP
If Kabul falls, it will be America's 'Suez moment'
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Tom Tugendhat is the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee the UK House of Commons. He previously worked in Afghanistan as a Nato adviser
14 August, 2021