Afghanistan: Brzezinskis Interview With Le Nouvel Observateur

After the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, an old 1998 interview with strategist Zbigniew Brzezinski resurfaced, where he admitted the U.S. aided Afghan fighters before the Soviet invasion. It’s true — Washington saw it as Cold War chess. He didn’t invent the Taliban, but the policy’s blowback was real. It’s a cautionary tale that “short-term strategy” can echo for generations.