Instead of a ladder to the last helicopter out of Saigon, a new image of desperation and collapse seared itself into the world's mind this week. A crowd of Afghans swarming a whale-like U.S. Air Force transport, grasping at its oblivious sides as it took off from Kabul airport.
America’s 20-year effort to remake Afghanistan in its own image has given way to a humanitarian and political crisis. © EPA/Jiji
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