Con Coughlin

Bribe, Cut and Run: Britain’s retreat from Afghanistan

The withdrawal from Afghanistan will be one of the most daunting challenges ever undertaken by the British army

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Retreating from Afghanistan has never been a task at which the British military has excelled. Our first incursion in 1839 resulted in the wholesale massacre of an entire division, save for an army doctor by the name of Dr William Brydon, who was spared only so he could tell the tale.

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