Andrew G. Bjelland: How America lost its focus in Afghanistan
We missed the chance to take out Osama bin Laden and then turned to ‘nation building’ and Iraq.
(Rahimullah Yousafzai | AP photo)
In this Dec. 24, 1998, photo, al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden speaks to a selected group of reporters in mountains of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.
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