After 13 years, the war ends in Afghanistan

As the war is officially ended in Afghanistan, the toll is 2,224 American soldiers killed, according to the Associated Press. Maetenloch writes:

If the goal was to build Afghanistan into a viable secure nation-state, then the mission was a failure. But if the goal was to disrupt Islamic terror groups and keep them from establishing safe havens for training and preparations in Afghanistan, then it was a success. And whatever politicians have said over the years, I've always viewed the latter goal as the only real reason why we were in Afghanistan.

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