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Why the West keeps supporting Afghanistan
International donors agreed this week to devote another $15 billion to Afghanistan. But despite these huge levels of aid, the government has been unable to defeat the Taliban. Shaimaa Khalil on why the West keeps giving.
Photo: An Afghan soldier and a US soldier in Kandahar, Afghanistan
Credit: AP/Massoud Hossaini
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