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insane lineup for you guys today. So let's just jump right into it.

And let us start with this huge news out of Doha, Qatar.

The United States has signed a deal with the Taliban that sets the stage to end America's longest war,

the nearly two-decade-old conflict in Afghanistan. That, of course, began after the

September 11th attacks, killed tens of thousands of people, vexed three White House administrations,

writes the New York Times, and left mistrust and uncertainty on all sides.

Now, this agreement lays out a timetable for the final withdrawal of U.S. troops from

Afghanistan, which is the impoverished Central Asian country once unfamiliar to many Americans

that now symbolizes endless conflict, foreign entanglements, and a potential incubator of terrorist plots.

So the war in Afghanistan in some ways echoes the American experience in Vietnam.

It's like just another generation.

In both of those, a superpower bet heavily on brute strength and the lives of its young people, our military, and then walked away with seemingly little to show for it.

Of course, American efforts to instill a democratic system in the country and to improve opportunities for women and minorities are at risk if the Taliban,

which banned girls from schools and women from public life, become dominant again.

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