US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin, in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, explained a number of hard truths of lessons learned from Afghanistan.
"We helped build a state, but we could not forge a nation," the U.S. Defense chief told the Committee Tuesday, summarizing the United States' 20-year involvement in the war-torn country.
Austin gave context to the U.S. decisions in Afghanistan and also detailed the U.S. actions while the Government succumbed to the Taliban onslaught.
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