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28 Committee on Appropriations , Subcommittee on the Department of State , Foreign Operations , and Related Programs US Senate ( 2015 ) ( testimony of Ohn F . Sopko ), 3 .

29 Testimony Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs , US Lessons Learned in Afghanistan ( 2020 ) ( testimony of John F . Sopko ), 2 .

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Ibid ., 5 .

31 Testimony Before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform US House of Representatives , 1-8 ( 2016 ) ( testimony of John F . Sopko ), 2 .

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Testimony Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs , 2 . 33 Ibid ., 5 . 34 Testimony Before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , 9 .

35 “ Former Governor of Paktika , Laghman , Helmand and Nangarhar Provinces ,” Washington Post , December 9 , 2019 . https :// www . washingtonpost . com / graphics / 2019 / inves tigations / afghanistan-papers / afghanistan-war-confidential-documents /.

36 Candace Rondeaux , James Wassetrom , and Kate Bateman , “ Ryan Crocker , Retired US Diplomat . US Ambassador to Afghanistan ,” Washington Post , December 9 , 2019 . https :// www . washingtonpost . com / graphics / 2019 / investigations / afghanistan-papers / documents-database /? document = crocker _ ryan _ ll _ first _ interview _ 01112016 .

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Testimony Before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , 7 . 38 Ibid ., 2 . 39 Testimony Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs , 2 . 40 Ibid ., 2 . 41 Ibid ., 18 . 42 James Fergusson , Taliban : The Unknown Enemy ( New York : Da Capo , 2012 ), 16 . 43 Ibid ., 14 . 44 Joint Chiefs of Staff , I-4 . 45 US Department of the Army , FMI 3-07.22 Counterinsurgency Operations , 2004 , 2-11 .

46 Kristin Pettersen and Ashley Schortz , “ Interview of Unnamed Security Advisor ,” December 19 , 2019 , 3 .

47 Durand Line ( Routledge , 2001 ). http :// search . credoreference . com / content / entry / routc bh / durand _ line / 0 .

48 Collins , 103 . 49 Ibid ., 7 .

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