“As insurgents swept into Kabul, desperate Afghans, terrified about what the victorious zealots might do, chased departing American cargo planes down the runway, trying to clamber into the landing gear and inevitably falling to their deaths.” Three years ago this week, American troops hurriedly quit Afghanistan; the American-backed government collapsed and the Taliban retook the capital.

The fiasco—a wretched end to a 20-year campaign during which more than 117,000 Afghans died, as did thousands of American and allied personnel—remains the biggest foreign-policy blunder of Joe Biden’s presidency. Our Banyan column also assessed the implications for South Asian powers: humiliation for India, and a costly victory for Pakistan.

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