The Afghanistan Papers

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🗓️ 9 December 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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After a three-year legal battle, The Post obtains hundreds of records of candid interviews assessing the war in Afghanistan and its failures.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post, it's Robert Samuels from the Washington Post.
0:08.4	Post is Sarah Kaplan.
0:10.0	Hi, this is Elias Adi with the Washington Post.
0:12.7	This is a special episode of Post Reports.
0:15.2	I'm Martine Powers.
0:19.2	It's Monday, December 9.
0:24.5	Today, how the post obtained hundreds of secret records assessing the failures of the war
0:29.8	in Afghanistan.
0:36.2	The war in Afghanistan is now entering its 19th year, making it the longest running war
0:42.0	in US history.
0:43.3	I covered the Pentagon for several years as a beat reporter.
0:47.2	That is Craig Whitlock.
0:48.4	I was a foreign correspondent before that.
0:51.3	I would go to Afghanistan sometimes.
0:55.3	And one thing you would always hear commanding generals say is we're making progress or
1:01.2	we're turning the corner.
1:02.7	The past eight months have seen important but hard fought progress in Afghanistan.
1:07.8	Since I spoke to you almost 16 months ago, we have made much progress.
1:12.3	2011 was a real turning point.
1:14.4	But we are at a crucial turning point.
1:16.5	I think it's possible that by the end of this year we will have turned the corner.
1:20.4	This would happen month after month, year after year.
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