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Lawfare Live: Benjamin Wittes and Scott Anderson on the Afghanistan Withdrawal

Christiana Wayne
Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 2:46 PM

Join us for a discussion on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Army paratroopers secure a landing zone for a helicopter in Kandahar, Afghanistan on July 20, 2019. (U.S. Department of Defense Photo by Army Maj. Thomas Cieslak)

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This Thursday, July 15th, at 3:00 p.m. ET, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes and Executive Editor Scott Anderson will take questions on the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, set to be complete by the end of August. They will talk about the challenges of the operation and similarities to the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. Prior to joining Lawfare, Anderson served the legal advisor for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad directly following the 2011 U.S. troop withdrawal. You can register below.



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Christiana Wayne is a junior at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill studying history and English. She is an intern at Lawfare.

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