The collapse no one and everyone saw coming

For the two decades the Americans spent occupying Afghanistan, they did not realize that the Afghans never considered the presence of foreign troops on their soil as a liberation.

No one can ever question the courage of the average Afghan fighter. Afghanistan has shed a lot of blood over the centuries to earn itself the moniker ‘the graveyard of empires,’ writes Scott Taylor. Screenshot courtesy of France24

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

August 24, 2021

OTTAWA—It has been just over a week since the Taliban shocked the world with their blitzkrieg speed overthrow of the Afghan regime. The first major shock was the fact that the Taliban accomplished their victory without having to fight any battles. The 350,000-strong Afghan security forces simply ...

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