It seems perverse to focus too much on the casualties or hardship in Afghanistan. . . [Showing the … - Walter Isaacson

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It seems perverse to focus too much on the casualties or hardship in Afghanistan. . . [Showing the misery of Afghanistan ran the risk of] promoting enemy propaganda. . . we must talk about how the Taliban are using civilian shields and how the Taliban have harboured the terrorists responsible for killing close up to 5,000 innocent people.

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