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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
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Afghans wait in long lines for hours at the passport office as many are desperate to have their travel documents ready to go on August 14, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)
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US soldiers stand guard as Afghan people wait at the Kabul airport in Kabul on August 16, 2021 (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Afghan Commandos on a Mobile Strike Force Vehicle in Shindand Military Base, Herat province (Photo by Franz J. Marty/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
