An evaluation of the situation in Afghanistan which has come under Taliban rule
The Taliban seized control of almost all of Afghanistan including the capital Kabul, in a very short period of time, beyond estimates. The question now is “What happens next in Afghanistan, where President Ashraf Ghani has fled the country and foreign forces have evacuated their personnel?”
The effort of the USA to “build a nation” in Afghanistan has failed. There are comments that this will have consequences not only for Afghanistan, but also for American foreign policy.
According to some experts in politics it would be unfair to blame the Biden administration for the mistakes of the 3 presidents before him and in fact it would prevent a full explanation of how things went wrong so quickly.
“A complete fiasco”
Some experts who are known for their work on Middle East issues and defend the decision to withdraw note there is a huge gap in Afghanistan between the situation on the ground and the corrupted status of the institutions, established.
Assessing the scenes during the withdrawal process, they make following comments;
“The implementation of the decision is appalling. It’s all the more terrifying for an administration that has been praised for its professionalism and expertise. There are many victims of this bad planning; interpreters, Afghan soldiers trying to hide, and women and children who no longer have a future.”
“We built Afghanistan according to our own image, not according to Afghans”
“Our biggest failure came with our attempt to create a strong, multi-ethnic central government that controls the entire country. A pessimistic but more realistic strategy would be a strong Kabul and strengthening ethnic militias in the North, then relying on local allies and traditional leaders to keep the Taliban out of the cities.”
