Kevin Sieff

Washington Post

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Kabul Bureau Chief for the Washington Post

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U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was freed over the weekend after being held for 5 years as a prisoner of war by the Taliban. In return, the U.S.

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The search for Osama bin Laden turned into America's longest war and a vastly expensive exercise in trying to build one of the world's poorest nations.

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Earlier this month, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the Obama Administration was working behind his back with the Taliban.

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