As the US administration prepares to withdraw the last of its troops in Afghanistan by Aug. 31, the war launched after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 has led to scores of deaths, displacements, and a heavy financial burden.
Taliban celebrate after the last U.S. troops left Hamid Karzai International Airport as the completion of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 31, 2021.
Suhail Shaheen, the spokesperson of Taliban’s Qatar office, announced that 31st August withdrawal date is a “red line” for them.
Meeting Aug. 31 deadline depends on Taliban continuing to cooperate, ‘no disruption to our operations,’ says president.
Abandonment of Afghanistan is ‘tragic, dangerous, unnecessary, not in their interests and not in ours,’ says Tony Blair.