3 hours agoBlinken: It wasn't the US's interest to stay in Afghanistan
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, after withdrawing US civilian staff from Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, after saying it was not in the United States' interest to stay there after the Taliban rebels entered the capital. The point is that we saw that the force was unable to protect the country”, is [...]
The point is that we saw that the force was unable to protect the country”, Blinken expressed.
Blinken said Washington had invested billions of dollars in four US administrations in Afghan government forces, giving them priority over the Taliban, but they have failed to overcome the Taliban's progress.
And this happened faster than we anticipated”, he said.
