Blair calls US decision to withdraw from Afghanistan unnecessary and political

The former leader of the Labour Party has declared that the sudden and chaotic withdrawal that allowed the Taliban to regain power risks undermining everything that had been achieved in Afghanistan over the past two decades, including progress in living standards and education of girls.

The abandonment of Afghanistan and its people is tragic, dangerous, unnecessary, not in their interests and not in ours. The world is now uncertain where the West stands because it is so clear that the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan in this way was not prompted by large strategy but by politics,” said Blair

The former prime minister said Britain has a moral obligation to stay in Afghanistan until all who want to be evacuated are expelled. He acknowledged that mistakes have been made over the past two decades, but added that military interventions may be noble in order, especially when an extreme Islamic threat is challenged, Yahoo reports, Klankosova.tv broadcasts.

Tony Blair served as prime minister in Britain during 1997-2007.