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|author=Boston Herald editorial board
|source=Boston Herald
|date=July 7, 2021
|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/07/07/editorial-as-u-s-leaves-afghanistan-taliban-on-the-rise/
|quote=And whether we were out to rid the world of Osama bin Laden or help Afghanistan secure a stable and secure government, our withdrawal is already having negative effects. First, there’s the way the U.S. left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans’ departure more than two hours after they left, according to the Associated Press.
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