09-19-2021, 06:12 PM
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When the U.S. decided to withdraw from Afghanistan after a 20-year war that it could not win from the beginning, many Western countries said it was a mistake. Even its closest ally, the United Kingdom, has criticised the American decision to leave Afghanistan as a “mistake” that has handed the Taliban “momentum”, not to mention a return of terror group al-Qaeda.
The UK defence secretary, Ben Wallace, said the withdrawal agreement negotiated in Doha, Qatar, by the Trump administration was a “rotten deal”. And he warned that the international community will “pay the consequences”, arguing that the failed country will once again become breeding grounds for terrorist organizations like the al-Qaeda. It will back to square one.
The European Union was so furious with the U.S. withdrawal, including Biden’s mishandling that led to the chaotic withdrawal, so much so that after a meeting of EU defence ministers, it says the moment had come to establish its own permanent military force. Some had even argued that the withdrawal would open new geopolitical space for China in the greater Middle East region.
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The UK defence secretary, Ben Wallace, said the withdrawal agreement negotiated in Doha, Qatar, by the Trump administration was a “rotten deal”. And he warned that the international community will “pay the consequences”, arguing that the failed country will once again become breeding grounds for terrorist organizations like the al-Qaeda. It will back to square one.
The European Union was so furious with the U.S. withdrawal, including Biden’s mishandling that led to the chaotic withdrawal, so much so that after a meeting of EU defence ministers, it says the moment had come to establish its own permanent military force. Some had even argued that the withdrawal would open new geopolitical space for China in the greater Middle East region.
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