{
  "id": 6110797,
  "title": "Afghan democracy wasn’t doomed to fail – the US broke promises",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/afghan-democracy-wasnt-doomed-to-fail-the-us-broke-promises",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T23:22:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/afghan-democracy-wasnt-doomed-to-fail-the-us-broke-promises/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "After the signing of the Munich agreement in 1938 that allowed Nazi Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia, Winston Churchill spoke of the fate of that country in a powerful speech in the House of Commons: “Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken, Czechoslovakia recedes into the darkness.” The same could now be said of Afghanistan, 25 years […] The post Afghan democracy wasn’t doomed to fail – the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}