In a now-deleted tweet, an official serving as the president Joe BidenAfter the US military withdrew from Afghanistan, the Taliban continued to make rapid progress and occupy large areas of the country. The US State Department raised her personal concerns about Afghan women.
Molly Montgomery, deputy assistant secretary of the European and Eurasian Affairs Bureau, expressed her concerns about Afghan women on Twitter on Friday morning, but later deleted the post. According to the State Department website, Montgomery worked at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and served in various other ministries of foreign affairs.
“Wake up with a heavy heart and think of all the Afghan women and girls I worked with during my time in Kabul. They are the beneficiaries of the many results we have achieved, and now they will lose everything. We give them leadership and now we Powerless to protect them,” Montgomery wrote in an article deleted later. Twitter postal.
A source from the State Department told Weekly newspaper Montgomery voluntarily deleted this tweet and was not asked to delete the post.
The concerns of senior State Department officials are Get the resonance of many people In Washington and across the country. As the United States and its allies withdrew their remaining troops in the country, the Taliban moved quickly to retake most of Afghanistan.
The Biden administration seems to be surprised by the speed at which the Taliban forces occupy the U.S.-backed Afghan security forces. Washington post According to the report, military and intelligence officials said that the capital Kabul and the US-backed government there may fall within a month to 90 days.
The administration of the former president Donald Trump First peace agreement In February 2020, the Taliban will withdraw all American troops from the country before May 1.Biden later extended the withdrawal time Deadline is September 11, But then moved it forward to August 31. The Afghanistan War has become the longest war in the history of the United States, lasting from October 2001 to the present.
“The status quo is not an option. Staying means American casualties. American men and women,” Biden defended the withdrawal in early July. The President said that the mission that the United States planned to achieve in the country was completed a few years ago.
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Biden said: “We got Osama bin Laden, and terrorism did not come from that part of the world, so we completed the task.” Bin Laden-allegedly September 11, 2001 The mastermind behind the terrorist attack on the United States-was killed under the management of the former president Barack Obama In May 2011, the leader of Al Qaeda was living in Pakistan when he was killed by the US military.
The Taliban have occupied Afghanistan’s second and third largest cities. Reuters reported on Friday that hardline Islamic militant groups have regained control of Kandahar, Herat and Rashkar Gah. at the same time, American armies The army has been redeployed to Kabul to assist in the evacuation of American diplomats and other officials there. According to reports, hundreds of thousands of Afghans have fled their homes since the beginning of this year. United Nations.
