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Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union, has been giving the North Atlantic Treaty Organization some home truths about Afghanistan this week.

With reports from Brussels highlighting possible future Russia-NATO cooperation in Afghanistan, to be announced at next month’s NATO summit, Gorby gave a TV interview warning that the war against the Taliban is “unwinnable.” He said that Obama is right to be drawing down the 100,000 U.S. troops in the country and said there is no alternative to withdrawal to avoid “another Vietnam.”

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