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    Mary Sanchez: From Omaha, Nebraska comes a sharp view of Afghanistan and what went wrong

    The Taliban blew up the University of Nebraska-Omaha’ s Kabul office in early August. Scenes of Afghan people stranded, desperately trying to flee though the Taliban- controlled Kabul airport. The obliteration of the office was also, perhaps, an apt metaphor for the United States’ diplomatic dealings and involvement in Afghanistan over the past two...
    by Mary Sanchez, Tribune Content Agency Aug 20, 2021 3 minutes

    The Taliban blew up the University of Nebraska-Omaha’s Kabul office in early August.

    They destroyed it with a car bomb, followed by a firefight that killed at least eight people and wounded many more.

    The decimation of the office was a precursor to the horrors the world would witness just weeks later. Scenes of Afghan people stranded, desperately trying to flee though the Taliban-controlled Kabul airport.

    The obliteration of the office was also, perhaps, an apt metaphor for the United States’ diplomatic dealings and involvement in Afghanistan over the past two decades--policy that ignored cultural context and

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