TheAltWorld Ep. 5475 – Gareth Porter on the Military’s Efforts to Subvert the Afghan Peace Deal
- Gareth Porter
- Thursday 18 Mar 21
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Gareth Porter talks about the U.S. military’s efforts to sabotage any attempt at leaving Afghanistan.
The deal negotiated by the Trump administration made both the conditions and deadlines for withdrawal clear—but almost immediately, the military began claiming that the Taliban was somehow in violation of the agreement, and that America had to stay.
Sadly very few people in power are willing to drastically change the situation in Afghanistan, and it looks increasingly likely that the Biden administration will simply try to stay the course.
How the US military subverted the Afghan peace agreement to prolong an unpopular war
Gareth Porter
Gareth Porter is an independent investigative journalist, historian and author who has covered U.S. wars and interventions in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen and Syria since 2004 and was the 2012 winner of the Gellhorn Prize for Journalism. His most recent book is "Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare" (Just World Books, 2014).
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