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[Letter from Washington] A Special Relationship, by Andrew Cockburn
One morning early in 1988, Ed McWilliams, a foreign-service officer posted to the American Embassy in Kabul, heard the thump of a massive explosion from somewhere on the other side of the city. It was more than eight years after the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, and the embassy was a tiny enclave with only a handful of diplomats. McWilliams, a former Army intelligence operative, had made it his business to venture as much as possible into...
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Sadly, this is paywalled. I’d hoped, at first, you’d found a way to link it properly. I haven’t got a Harper’s subscription but would very much like a chance to read this piece.
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Here it is at Reader Supported News, where I can donate any amount of support I can afford.
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