It's just how the site works, not a mistake by OP. If you go to the Afghanistan article and click to the link to the article you'll get the link that was posted

It's just how the site works, not a mistake by OP. If you go to the Afghanistan article and click to the link to the article you'll get the link that was posted to HN. I'm not sure why the previous page is tracked like this but I guess they have their reasons.