Senior general accuses US of ‘abandoning Afghanistan’ to ‘bloody, brutal civil war’

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General David Petraeus during a 2010 visit to Kandahar, Afghanistan
General David Petraeus during a 2010 visit to Kandahar, Afghanistan
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The US withdrawal from Afghanistan could trigger a “bloody, brutal civil war similar to that of the 1990s”, according to the former commander of American forces in the country.

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