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Middle East
Why America Just Set Free the ‘Pablo Escobar of Afghanistan’
INSIDE MAN?
The U.S. took a big risk by releasing this infamous Afghan drug lord and Taliban ally. It could very well backfire.
Ruchi Kumar
Published
Oct. 8 2022
9:48PM EDT
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty
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