A sort ofFaced with the rapid advancement of the Taliban, Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called on the US government to immediately increase its support for the Afghan security forces.If the president Joe Biden His line “will not change soon, the Taliban is achieving a major military victory”, McConnellHe demanded that Biden must “immediately” commit to providing more assistance to the Afghan army, including continuing to provide air support after the U.S. forces withdrew on August 31.
“If this does not happen, Al Qaeda and the Taliban can celebrate the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks by burning down our embassy in Kabul,” warned. McConnell I am for radical Islamist groups. McConnell said that the US embassy’s statement of further layoffs and additional troops “hastily” relocated to Afghanistan “seems to be preparing for the fall of Kabul.”
“Huge embarrassment and global crisis”
if Taliban McConnell warned that if the terrorist organization Al Qaeda takes over Afghanistan and returns there, it will encourage Islamic extremists around the world. The influential Republican said angrily: “President Biden’s strategy has turned an imperfect but stable situation into a huge embarrassment and global crisis within a few weeks.” He warned that Biden’s actions The costs and consequences will affect the world.
However, McConnell did not mention Biden’s former Republican president Donald Trump, Has reached an agreement with the Taliban that all international forces will withdraw before May 1. Biden postponed the evacuation of the remaining 2,500 US soldiers in the spring, but insisted on this decision in principle. The US military is expected to withdraw from Afghanistan at the end of August.
The Taliban claimed to have occupied Kandahar, the second largest city. “Kandahar has been completely conquered,” a Taliban spokesperson said on the online service Twitter on Friday. “The jihadists have reached the Martyrs Square in the city.” A local resident told AFP that the Afghan army had apparently retreated. Many soldiers went to military installations outside the city.
On Thursday, Afghanistan’s third largest city, Herat, fell into the hands of Islamists. In addition, the Taliban advanced towards the capital Kabul and captured Ghazni, the capital of the province 150 kilometers southwest of Kabul.
The government forces have now lost control of most of the northern and western parts of Afghanistan. Except for Kabul, the Afghan government controls only a few areas and has besieged cities in many places.
