would not survival the resurgent Taliban

[GoodTaste]

Across Afghanistan, the International Committee of the Red Cross said thousands had been wounded in the fighting. Security forces and politicians handed over their provinces and bases without a fight, likely believing the two-decade Western experiment to remake Afghanistan would not survival the resurgent Taliban. The last American troops had planned to withdraw at the end of the month.

Source: AP Kabul airport plunges into chaos as Taliban patrol capital

Should "would not survival the resurgent Taliban" be "would not survive the resurgent Taliban"?

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes.

 

[terryfrd]

"Survive". Right. The survival of the western experiment was highly unlikely.

 

[Rover_KE]

Asked and answered.

Thread closed.

 

[Tdol]

"Survive". Right. The survival of the western experiment was highly unlikely.

That's not a language answer- we don't discuss politics here, but we do discuss the language around it. This is a question about a verb or noun, while your answer is an opinion.

 

[probus]

I believe it was just a typo or a careless error that the editor failed to notice. The sentence parses with "would not survive" but not with " would not survival". That would be just nonsensical.

 

[Tdol]

The internet is full of such errors in news items- it's a consequence of rolling 24/7 news.