OPINION

How did they think the Afghan war would end?

News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 09/08/2021

» 'I will never kneel before such a destructive force [as the Taliban'," declared Ashraf Ghani, the soon-to-be ex-president of Afghanistan. "We will either sit knee-to-knee for real negotiations at the table, or break their knees on the battlefield."