All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 September All signs pointed to a disastrous US withdrawal from Afghanistan All signs pointed to a disastrous US withdrawal from Afghanistan 03/09/2021 | 7 MINS (INCLUDING 4 MIN VIDEO) I never thought I would witness two historic events: the president of the United States requesting cooperation from an erstwhile terrorist enemy, and the commemoration of AmericaΓÇÖs victims of 9/11 against the backdrop of victory by those who perpetrated the tragedy. Yet, this is what it has come to. President Joe Biden has had to appeal to the Taliban in order to evacuate American and allied citizens as well as their Afghan benefactors from Kabul, as he also prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 in the wake of AmericaΓÇÖs disastrous defeat in Afghanistan. What does this tell us? The US, backed by its NATO and non-NATO allies, has certainly made a mess of the Afghanistan situation and the so-called war on terror. It launched its military campaign in Afghanistan two decades ago to achieve two main objectives. One was to avenge al-QaedaΓÇÖs mega-terrori
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 September All signs pointed to a disastrous US withdrawal from Afghanistan All signs pointed to a disastrous US withdrawal from Afghanistan 03/09/2021 | 7 MINS (INCLUDING 4 MIN VIDEO) I never thought I would witness two historic events: the president of the United States requesting cooperation from an erstwhile terrorist enemy, and the commemoration of AmericaΓÇÖs victims of 9/11 against the backdrop of victory by those who perpetrated the tragedy.
President Joe Biden has had to appeal to the Taliban in order to evacuate American and allied citizens as well as their Afghan benefactors from Kabul, as he also prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 in the wake of AmericaΓÇÖs disastrous defeat in Afghanistan.
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The US, backed by its NATO and non-NATO allies, has certainly made a mess of the Afghanistan situation and the so-called war on terror.
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