WhenTalibanforcestookKabulon15August2021,itmarkedtheendoftheWesterninterventionthathadbegunnearlytwentyyearsearlierwiththeUS-ledinvasion.ThefallofAfghanistantriggeredaseismicshockintheWest,whereUSPresidentJoeBidenannouncedanendtoAmerica’sinvolvementinconflictsoverseas.InAfghanistanitselfitproducedterrorforthefutureforthosewhohadworkedwithandgrownupunderthecoalition-supportedadministration.Now,withthecountryspirallingintoeconomiccollapseandfamine,LosingAfghanistanisapleaforustokeepourgazeontheplightofthepeopleofAfghanistanandtounderstandhowactionandinactionintheWestshapedthefateofthenation.WhywasAfghanistanlost?Canitberegained?Andwhathappensnext?EditedbyinternationaldevelopmentexpertBrianBrivati,thiscollectionoftwenty-oneessaysbyanalysts,politicians,soldiers,commentatorsandpractitioners-interspersedwithpowerfuleyewitnesstestimonyfromAfghanvoices-explainswhathappenedinAfghanistanandwhy,andwhatthefutureholdsbothforitspeopleandforliberalintervention.
