THE final report of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, an official US oversight body that will wrap up its mission next month, offers sobering insights into the disastrous two-decade-long American occupation of Afghanistan. For one, it establishes that over $7bn worth of abandoned US arms and military gear now forms “the core” of the Afghan Taliban security apparatus. As other reports highlight, much of this gear has ended up in the hands of terrorist groups such as the TTP, and has been used........

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