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STEPHEN GLOVER: One year after the Taliban regained Afghanistan, a harrowing video of Afghanistan has been released by television news bulletins, as Western nations hurriedly pulled their remaining troops out of Kabul. Things are as bad as they have ever been, twelve months on. No, it's getting worse. Starvation has sparked. Girls are denied an education. Afghans who served for American, British, and other Nato forces are rounding up and torturing Afghans. Of course, these troubling reports point to the complete lack of Western involvement in Afghanistan. In its traditional role as America's junior partner, Britain played a key role. In a utterly futile war, 457 British lives were lost, and up to £40 billion of taxpayer money was squandered.