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Our Most Popular Articles in 2021

On the last day of the year, we look back at the most popular articles that we posted to our website in 2021.

For the second consecutive year, COVID-19 tops our list. Seven of the 10 most popular articles were about the pandemic.

Here’s the list, in order:

Timeline of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan

President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, were both eager to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan and end what Biden referred to as “America’s longest war.” In this story, we reviewed many of the key diplomatic decisions, military actions, presidential pronouncements and expert assessments of the withdrawal

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