<div>What went wrong for the western alliance in Afghanistan? Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by John Ferris, author of <em>Behind the Enigma: The Authorised History of GCHQ, Britain's Secret Cyber-Intelligence Agency</em>, to discuss whether liberal states can still carry out effective counter-insurgency operations.<br>
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Image: U.S. Marines search a compound in Afghanistan. Credit: Stocktrek Images, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo </div>

What went wrong for the western alliance in Afghanistan? Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by John Ferris, author of Behind the Enigma: The Authorised History of GCHQ, Britain's Secret Cyber-Intelligence Agency, to discuss whether liberal states can still carry out effective counter-insurgency operations. Image: U.S. Marines search a compound in Afghanistan. Credit: Stocktrek Images, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo

What went wrong for the western alliance in Afghanistan? Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by John Ferris, author of <em>Behind the Enigma: The Authorised History of GCHQ, Britain's Secret Cyber-Intelligence Agency</em>, to discuss whether liberal states can still carry out effective counter-insurgency operations.<br>
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Image: U.S. Marines search a compound in Afghanistan. Credit: Stocktrek Images, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo&nbsp;

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