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As US moves to exit Afghanistan, rivals prepare to swoop in

from We Are The Mighty

As US moves to exit Afghanistan, rivals prepare to swoop in We Are The Mighty The U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 was backed by most countries in the region, who shared the goal of ousting the extremist Taliban regime and eliminating the allied Al-Qaeda terrorist network. But in the intervening 19 years, the regional consensus favoring the U.S. troops in Afghanistan has eroded. Now, with U.S. forces scheduled to exit Afghanistan next year as part of a framework peace deal with the Taliban, Washington's rivals see an opportunity to step in and expand their footprint in the war-torn country. READ MORE

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