The collapse was not only the result of the abandonment of NATO forces and the U.S. cutting a deal with the Taliban but also a consequence of systemic internal failures and a fragmented approach to nation-building
Rangina Hamidi left Afghanistan when she was a child, returned to become education minister only to have to leave again. The Telegraph chats with her on the sidelines of a business summit in Calcutta
The area known today as Afghanistan has seen many invasions and rulers over the centuries, including Alexander the Great (circa 330 B.C.E.), Mahmud of Ghazna.
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