All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 August The Talibans return The Taliban's return and America's strategic setback 23/08/2021 | 2 MINS This article by Adjunct Professor Amin Saikal, from LIT's School of Social Sciences, was originally published in The Strategist. President Joe Biden declared on 8 July that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan would be a responsible one, the Taliban would not be able to conquer the country, and AmericaΓÇÖs departure from Kabul would not be similar to the chaotic departure from Saigon. Events have proved him wrong. The TalibanΓÇÖs easy takeover of most of the country and the confronting scenes of the US and alliesΓÇÖ evacuation at Kabul airport, with Afghans desperately hanging off a departing American plane and some falling to their deaths, have vindicated BidenΓÇÖs critics. The US defeat by a poorly trained, fed, clothed and equipped Taliban reflects very badly not only on AmericaΓÇÖs power but also on the worldΓÇÖs supposedly most powerful military alliance, NATO. The Afghanistan debacle is worse than the defeat in Vietnam, as NATO was not formally
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 August The Talibans return The Taliban's return and America's strategic setback 23/08/2021 | 2 MINS This article by Adjunct Professor Amin Saikal, from LIT's School of Social Sciences, was originally published in The Strategist.
President Joe Biden declared on 8 July that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan would be a responsible one, the Taliban would not be able to conquer the country, and AmericaΓÇÖs departure from Kabul would not be similar to the chaotic departure from Saigon.
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The TalibanΓÇÖs easy takeover of most of the country and the confronting scenes of the US and alliesΓÇÖ evacuation at Kabul airport, with Afghans desperately hanging off a departing American plane and some falling to their deaths, have vindicated BidenΓÇÖs critics.
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The US defeat by a poorly trained, fed, clothed and equipped Taliban reflects very badly not only on AmericaΓÇÖs power but also on the worldΓÇÖs supposedly most powerful military alliance, NATO.
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