COLOMBO: The desperate scenes at Kabul airport of Afghans trying to flee and the image of the US Air Force plane taxiing down the runway with people scrambling to climb on it is an image that will be etched in our minds forever.

The tragedy of Afghanistan is that the same saga of desperation and suffering has been repeatedly endured by ordinary Afghans who have been at the receiving end of war and suffered unspeakable horrors for over four decades.

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