The Taliban overran Afghanistan in August 2021 as the previous Western-backed authorities in Kabul collapsed with shocking pace and the final US troops withdrew.
(AP Archive)
President Joe Biden’s administration has launched a
abstract of after-action reviews on the US’ chaotic withdrawal
from Afghanistan that laid blame on his predecessor Donald
Trump, saying “there have been no indicators that extra time, extra funds or
extra Americans” might have essentially modified the trajectory.
The 12-page doc acknowledged that the administration
discovered classes from the withdrawal, and now errs on the aspect of
“aggressive communication” about dangers in a destabilized
safety atmosphere.
Biden inherited a depleted operation in Afghanistan from
Trump that crippled its response, John Kirby, the National
Security Council spokesperson, informed reporters in a press convention
on Thursday.
“Transitions matter. That’s the primary lesson discovered
right here. And the incoming administration wasn’t afforded a lot of
one,” Kirby mentioned. Biden was left with a stark alternative – withdraw
all US forces, or resume combating with the Taliban.
READ MORE: US Republicans start investigating botched Afghanistan troop withdrawal
‘Deliberate degradation’
The report factors to “deliberate degradation” by the Trump
administration – an accusation that Kirby mentioned refers back to the
drawdown of US troops forward throughout Trump’s time in workplace, the
launch of hundreds of Taliban prisoners, the negotiation of
the “Doha agreement” to finish the warfare with out the native authorities
and the digital freezing of an Afghan visa programme.
The Taliban overran Afghanistan in August 2021 because the
former Western-backed authorities in Kabul collapsed with
shocking pace and the final US troops withdrew.
Under
Biden’s Republican predecessor Trump, the US made a take care of
the Taliban to withdraw all American forces.
“America is on a stronger strategic footing more capable to support Ukraine and to meet our security commitments around the world, as well as the competition with China, because it is not fighting a ground war in Afghanistan,” Kirby mentioned.
READ MORE: Soldiers say fall of Kabul was US failure with blame touching Bush to Biden
Source: TRTWorld and companies
Source: www.trtworld.com
