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For nearly two decades, U.S. officials crafted a careful story of progress to justify an ongoing military campaign in Afghanistan. Newly disclosed documents reveal to what extent that story was not the reality of the war. Today, a former Marine who is now a New York Times reporter speaks about the missteps that the government concealed for years.

Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Eric Schmitt contributed reporting.

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A Secret History of the War in Afghanistan - The New York Times