Afghanistan: the phantom army
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The Afghan army deployed in Jalalabad at the scene of the attack on a building housing the national education services.
REUTERS / Parwiz
By: Franck Alexandre
3 min
Officially, the Afghan National Army was 300,000 strong, trained, funded and equipped by the world's leading power, the United States.
After surrendering to the Taliban, without fighting, what happened to these thousands of soldiers trained by the West?
Response elements.
Defense
Afghanistan
Taliban