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Hard lessons from Afghanistan Part Two

The Documentary: Archive 2008 by BBC

Nov 12, 200823:09Society & Culture

Former Kabul correspondent Alan Johnston reflects on decades of turmoil in Afghanistan, from the Soviet invasion in 1979 to the intervention by the West.

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