WARDAK, Afghanistan — They used to call Afghanistan “the forgotten war.” They should rename it “the long war.” Not only because it’s been going on for eight years now, but because it’s going to have to go on even longer if the West is to achieve even measured success in this broken country. For Afghans, that means living through more of the same. For the West, it means exercising patience it might not have.

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Afghanistan: From ‘Forgotten War’ to Long War