The last US plane leaves and it turns out that the United States voluntarily surrendered Kabul
The last plane leaves from Kabul's Karzai airport, taking away the last US troops of the longest war fought by Washington, and they start defeated. Yet, even a few weeks ago, it could have been different.
When the Gazhi government, more committed to the digitization of the country and raising money than to its defense, melted, the Taliban contacted US commands to understand how to manage the power vacuum they faced. So they offered the US to keep control of the city, as the Washington Post says, but it turned out differently. In the power vacuum, law and order began to collapse, with reports of armed gangs moving through the streets.
In a hastily organized in-person meeting, senior US military leaders in Doha, including McKenzie, the commander of the US central command, spoke with Abdul Ghani Baradar, head of the Taliban's political wing.
“We have a problem,” Baradar said, according to the US official. "We have two options to deal with it: you [the US military] take responsibility for protecting Kabul or you have to allow us to do so."
Throughout the day, Biden had remained steadfast in his decision to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan. The collapse of the Afghan government hadn't changed his mind.
McKenzie, aware of those orders, told Baradar that the mission of the United States was only to evacuate American citizens, Afghan allies and others at risk. The United States, he told Baradar, needed the airport to do this.
On the spot, according to two other US officials, an agreement was reached: the United States could have the airport until 31 August. But the Taliban would have been in control of the city.
So the US voluntarily gave up control of the city, then letting ISIS also circulate freely and carry out the attacks in which many American citizens died. In addition, Kalil Haqqani, wanted for contacts with Al Qaeda and with a $ 5 million bounty from the FBI, has become head of security in the city.
The result of this decision by President Biden & Gen. McKenzie is that Khalil Haqqani — an al Qaeda-linked terrorist with a $ 5 million US bounty on his head — was placed in charge of security of Kabul. pic.twitter.com/4OKP2d5wWg
– John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) August 29, 2021
Nice shot grandpa Joe!
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