Alastair Campbell
@restispolitics·669K subscribers·1.3K videos
Britain’s Afghanistan Shame and the Jason Arday Tragedy
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August 18, 2026
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Five years after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover, why has not a single Western government marked the anniversary of a war that cost thousands of lives and trillions of dollars?
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