 Almost 20 years after a coalition led by American forces invaded Afghanistan in response to the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. last week handed over its largest facility to the Afghan military. President Joe Biden's plan to pull all troops out of the country is well ahead of schedule; at the same time, the Taliban is making swift gains there and now controls about half of its districts. The U.S. might finally be exiting its forever war, but that hardly promises peace for those who have to pick up where the U.S. leaves off. The U.S. Lost the War in Afghanistan 20 Years Ago — Pankaj Mishra Afghanistan Was a Limited War With Limited Success — Hal Brands Why Both Russians and Americans Got Nowhere in Afghanistan — Leonid Bershidsky Afghans Will No Longer Choose Their Own Government — Eli Lake Pakistan Should Stop Looking to Leverage the Taliban — Mihir Sharma It's Now Life or Death for the U.S. Military's Afghan Interpreters — James Stavridis Biden Needs to Leave Afghanistan the Right Way — Bloomberg's editorial board This is the Theme of the Week edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a digest of our top commentary published every Sunday. | 
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