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A top German general who was instrumental in planning the Bundesw-ehr’s
mission in Afghani-stan has said that the intervention has failed and
the Taliban will regain power within months of withdrawal. Ten years
after the invasion, he is far from alone with his critique.
It was 10 years ago that the United States, together with its NATO allies, marched into Afghanistan to put an end to Taliban rule and begin the hunt for Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. A decade later, the Osama is dead. But, says Harald Kujat, former general inspector of the German military, the mission has been a failure.
“The mission fulfilled the political aim of showing solidarity with the United States,” Kujat told the German daily Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. “But if you measure progress against the goal of stabilising a country and a region, then the mission has failed.” More Read
It was 10 years ago that the United States, together with its NATO allies, marched into Afghanistan to put an end to Taliban rule and begin the hunt for Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. A decade later, the Osama is dead. But, says Harald Kujat, former general inspector of the German military, the mission has been a failure.
“The mission fulfilled the political aim of showing solidarity with the United States,” Kujat told the German daily Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. “But if you measure progress against the goal of stabilising a country and a region, then the mission has failed.” More Read
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