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- ↑ Note: The book was published on July 1, 2021, prior to the rapid gains, in August 2021, that Malkasian predicted that the Taliban would make in seizing control of large parts of the country in the wake of the withdrawal of American forces.
- ↑ Malkasian, Carter (1 July 2021). The American War in Afghanistan: A History. Oxford, Great Britain: Oxford University Press. pp. 5–7. ISBN 978-0197550779.
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