The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan collapses suddenly and dramatically American armies Exit immediately, then quickly Taliban Progress has attracted an international audience and has caused fear and awe on a global scale.
But a new report issued by the U.S. government’s congressional-authorized monitoring agency on Afghanistan issues on Tuesday was obtained by the U.S. government. Weekly newspaper Details the two decades of failure that led to historic events that are still happening in the capital Kabul and across the country.
The latest report by the Special Inspector General for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan (SIGAR) outlines a series of devastating shortcomings, including attempts to establish mismatched Western institutions to transfer tasks among successive governments, and places that have contributed to Afghanistan through cutting corners that were never implemented. Sexual corruption has yielded results.
The report stated: “After conducting more than 760 interviews and reviewing thousands of government documents, our analysis of lessons learned revealed a troubled reconstruction effort that has achieved some success, but there are too many signs of failure. .”
The report identified key areas where the American approach failed, including incoherent strategies, unrealistic timetables, unsustainable institutions, counterproductive personnel strategies, severe insecurity, and fundamentals to the social, economic, and political background of Afghanistan. Lack of understanding of sex.
But even those who are painfully aware of the deep-rooted problems that have spread within the Afghan government and its security forces over the years are puzzled by the rate at which the Kabul House of Cards collapsed.
Jonathan Schroden (Jonathan Schroden) of CNA, a non-profit research and analysis organization, heads its threat and challenge plan, and has traveled to Afghanistan several times in the past two decades, including at the request of the US military leadership.
He emphasized three of the “numerous” reasons he called, why the Afghan country has had no chance from the beginning of the intervention initiated by the former US-led President George Bush 20 years ago, a few weeks after 9/11. .
“From the day the Taliban seized Kabul, the U.S. attitude towards Afghanistan became incoherent,” Schroden said. Weekly newspaper“Bush felt he should thank Afghanistan for making it better than he found, and [Defense Secretary Donald] Rumsfeld just wanted to get out of trouble. This inconsistent purpose wasted a window of opportunity to establish a viable security structure before the Taliban made a comeback. “
The first error resulted in the following two errors.
“Because we wasted that window period, we were trapped in catching up-while fighting the powerful insurgency, we also established the Afghan defense and security forces,” he said. “This leads to operational convenience prior to sustainability.”
Schroden said that the United States has fallen into the old paradigm, and it is trying to apply this paradigm to Afghanistan.
He said: “The United States has never fully adjusted its preferred foreign security force construction model based on Afghanistan’s existing human capital-buying and giving away what they have.” “We just gave them too much they could not operate, maintain, or maintain. thing.”
“All of this turned the army into a paper tiger,” Schroden added. “As long as you don’t look closely, it seems to be okay, and the United States is there to support it.”
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SIGAR, led by Special Inspector General John F. Sopko, is one of the few organizations that closely follows.
In the past 13 years, reports have painted a darker picture of what is happening in Afghanistan. Through interviews with officials and media reports, SIGAR tells the story of US personnel watching TV programs such as “Police” to obtain inspiration for training Afghan law enforcement personnel, and copy and paste advice on the Iraq issue to try to establish a country in Afghanistan. The story inspired people’s confidence. The status of the US delegation.
For policymakers, a war trap through the hands of four different US presidents seems to be the fault of the predecessor or successor, not the fault of the incumbent.
Although it is a former president Donald Trump Whoever reached an agreement with the Taliban that would eventually lead to the withdrawal of the United States is the president Joe Biden Who is praised for breaking the cycle.
“I know that my decision will be criticized, but I would rather accept all these criticisms than pass this decision to another American president, another, fifth president,” Biden’s chaos in Kabul on Monday Said in a speech.
“Because it is correct,” he added. “This is the right decision for our people. It is correct for our brave service staff, who risk their lives to serve our country. This is also correct for the United States.”
The apparently frustrated president also talked about the lack of resistance of the Afghan security forces when the Taliban entered Kabul.
“Afghanistan has some very brave and capable special forces and soldiers, but if Afghanistan cannot launch any real resistance to the Taliban now, it will be impossible for one, one, five or twenty years. The United States on the ground Military boots will have any impact,” he said.
exist Pentagon, Press Secretary John Kirby reopened a news question about why the Afghan security forces generally did not fight back.
Kirby said: “I think it’s best to raise this issue with the political and military leadership of our Afghan partners.”
Like Biden, he seems to admit that war efforts are hopeless.
“You can provide resources, you can train, you can support, you can advise, you can assist, but you can’t buy the will,” Kirby said. “You can’t buy leadership, and leadership is missing. We’ve been saying for weeks that when we look back at the results, no matter what the results are, now we know that we will be able to say that leadership is the decisive factor, and I think it’s Proved to be correct.”
The President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country before the Taliban marched into Kabul, explained that this decision would avoid more bloodshed.
But in Afghanistan, the sudden withdrawal is seen as another sign that Ghani’s control of power is fragile, and only the presence of the US military can hold it together.
“Many people-especially Westerners-think that the Afghans must support the Ghani government because the Taliban alternative in their eyes is so terrible. But for many Afghans, it is a’Sophie’s choice’. ,” Schroden said, referring to the 1979 novel and the 1982 movie about a mother who was forced to choose which of her two children should live during the Holocaust.
Schroden believes that there is no simple answer in Afghanistan.
“On the one hand is the Taliban’s hardline, limited freedom of authoritarian security and religious justice. On the other hand, it is a predatory and selfish government that cannot bring security and provides almost no inclusive services for the people it governs,” he Say. “In hindsight, it’s no wonder that many Afghans believe that all they really want is to live, rather than to die in order to make this choice.”
But Ghani’s secret departure left an ominous vacancy for the country’s top job, which is even worse for those who still think he is a better choice.
“The general public and the members of the Ghani cabinet I have spoken to are angry at Ghani’s illogical decision to flee himself and his limited followers without appointing temporary personnel to handle government affairs,” served as Said Ahmad Shah Katawazai, a diplomat who is a government affairs liaison.The Afghan Ministry of Defense at the Embassy in Washington told Weekly newspaper“Leaving this country in a power vacuum is a wrong decision and an insult to all Afghans.”
While in power, Ghani’s leadership tried to present itself as a more democratic and equal choice for Afghanistan recognized by the United States and the entire international community, but it put the Afghan government in a particularly vulnerable position.
“The Ghani government, especially the security leadership, failed to manage the security forces,” Katawazai said. “ANDSF’s lack of coordination and low morale, coupled with a lack of attention to ANDSF’s needs, caused them to desert and surrender.”
Although this may have accelerated the downfall of the Kabul government, it was the Taliban that finally turned the tide on a powerful and comprehensive campaign, whether it was to make military progress or to help Kindle diplomatically. The United States realized that the war was no longer worth it. war.
“The Taliban launched a powerful strategic psychological warfare and contributed a lot to their success,” Katavazai argued. “While the establishment of Ghani is submerged in corruption, internal divisions have no appropriate strategy to do so. response.”
“The key success of the Taliban lies in not hurting the surrenders,” he added. “Internationally, since the past few months, ANDSF has been deprived of close air support, which is a key lever of ANDSF on the battlefield. This has caused huge losses to the security forces.”
The only way forward now may be to find common ground with the victorious Taliban.
Al Jazeera reported on Monday that Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Commission for National Reconciliation, former President Hamad Karzai, and Islamic Party Chairman Gulbudin Hikmatyar were heading to Doha, the capital of Qatar. The Taliban negotiate the political future of the country.
“The power-sharing government is the only way out of this chaos,” Katawazai said.
“If there is no power to share the government, the Taliban will not be able to obtain international legitimacy and will become an isolated and excluded country. I believe the Taliban does not want that either. Negotiations in Doha are currently underway to map out the future government. Hope to reach an agreement on this soon.”
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