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Afghanistan: How military failures led to Taliban takeover

Colonel Chris Kolenda was the first American to have fought the Taliban as a commander in combat and negotiated with them in peace talks,

He told Newshour about the military failures he has seen that led to a Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.

(Picture shows US troops training the Afghan Army 215th Corp in Helmand in July 2016. Credit: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½)

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