Prime Minister Omer Tony Blair Already attacked US The decision to withdraw Afghanistan Said it “every jihadist organization in the world is cheering.”
In a long article published on his website late on Saturday, Blair said that the sudden and chaotic withdrawal made Taliban The regaining of power undermines all the achievements made in Afghanistan in the past two decades, including the improvement of living standards and girls’ education.
“Abandoning Afghanistan and its people is tragic, dangerous, and unnecessary. It is neither in their interests nor in our interests,” said Blair, who deployed troops to Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks 20 years ago. .
“The world is now uncertain about the position of the West because it is clear that the decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in this way is not driven by grand strategy but by politics,” he added.
Blair also accused the U.S. President Joe Biden “Submitting to stupid political slogans about ending’forever war’ is as if our participation in 2021 is far from our promise 20 or even 10 years ago.”
Blair said Britain has a “moral obligation” to stay in Afghanistan until all those who need to evacuate are taken away.
He said: “We must evacuate and shelter those we are responsible for-those Afghans who help us and support us and who have the right to ask us to support them.”
Like other countries, the United Kingdom is trying to evacuate its Afghan allies and their citizens from Afghanistan, but as the August 31 deadline set by the United States approaches, this is a race against time.
In addition to approximately 4,000 British citizens, the country is believed to have approximately 5,000 Afghan allies, such as translators and drivers, specially arranged on the plane.
Blair also warned that the U.S. decision to make Britain largely ignorant of the withdrawal may make the country “the second division of a global power”.
However, he stated that Britain, as the current chairman of the Group of Seven, has the ability to help coordinate international responses to “acquire the responsibility of the new regime.”
The British government has been working diplomatically to ensure that the Taliban government in Afghanistan will not be unilaterally recognized.
Blair said: “We need to develop a list of incentives, sanctions and actions that include the protection of civilians so that the Taliban understand that their actions will have consequences.”
