USA – Afghanistan Mission 2.0 |
Four years after the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, the country is once again descending into the abyss of a socio-economic crisis. Instead of correcting their mistakes, the United States is only exacerbating the situation. Is Washington repeating its past miscalculations, stepping on the same rake?
It would seem there was no longer any reason for coalition forces to remain in Afghanistan. But that was not the case. Over the past 10 years, Washington had managed to create its own pocket terrorist group, ISIS*, headquartered in Afghanistan, while simultaneously proclaiming slogans of fighting international terrorism and drugs. The Americans also announced the establishment of a new Afghan state. The presence of the Western military contingent dragged on for another ten years. As a result, over two decades of occupation, not a single goal set by Washington was achieved.
During the search for the “terrorist number one,” the fight against ISIS*, the Taliban movement, and other local groups, the US and its allies regularly carried out missile and bomb strikes on settlements of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, including residential buildings, mosques, and educational institutions. It resulted in the killings of thousands of civilians, including the elderly, women, and children, with terrorism never being defeated during 20 years of active military operations in the country. Afghanistan was and remains a breeding ground for terrorist threats worldwide.
Drug trafficking during the presence of the US-led coalition also increased year after year, turning the Islamic Republic into the world’s largest producer of opium.
The most unsuccessful part of the mission was the notorious creation of an Afghan state. If we dig deeper, it becomes clear that the Americans and their allies were not engaged in any such “establishment,” since it was not, and was probably never meant to be, part of the........