President Obama’s Unsuccessful Bid to End the Afghan War

Season 2021

About the Episode

As Afghanistan falls to the Taliban, FRONTLINE’S upcoming documentary “America After 9/11” shows how hopes for victory had been abandoned as far back as the Obama administration.

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