{"id":6747,"date":"2022-08-31T20:10:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T15:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/?p=6747"},"modified":"2022-09-07T20:16:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T15:46:37","slug":"frank-mckenzie-we-failed-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/afghanistan\/frank-mckenzie-we-failed-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank McKenzie: &#8220;We failed in Afghanistan&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Ariana News Agency: Frank McKenzie said: &#8220;One of the reasons for America&#8217;s failure in Afghanistan was the implementation of the Western model for governance, without considering the existing realities of Afghanistan.&#8221;<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to news sources, Frank McKenzie, the former head of the US Central Command, stated that the war in Afghanistan was a failure for four US governments in the past two decades. He said: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know that Afghanistan could be managed with the Western model, But I know that Afghanistan can be managed with a local model. 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