Former US Ambassador in Afghanistan in 2014-2016, as well as the US Ambassador in Brazil, Colombia and Peru, the main political adviser to the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (Donald Trump Administration) Michael McKinley with bitterness recognizes that the United States suffered a grand catastrophe in Afghanistan .
In his article, which Eosmi’s edition published, McKinley writes that the ex-advisor on national security General Hr.r. McMaster expressed the feelings of many, stating that Afghanistan is a “a huge humanitarian problem at the modern border between barbarism and civilization” and that the United States lacks will “continue efforts in the interests of all mankind.”
“During my more than a three-year stay in Kabul, from 2013 to 2016 (including the US ambassador from 2014 to 2016), it became obvious how serious the challenges of the US strategy were here. Although we are mainly It was possible to eliminate Al-Qaida in the country and reduce the threat of terrorist attacks in the United States, we failed to effectively apply our approaches to the fight against terrorists, to our Afghan politics and “building a nation”. We underestimated the durability of the Taliban. And we misunderstand the geopolitical Realities of the region, “- recognizes the bitter truth of McKinley.
Further, the ex-ambassador calls “to take a truth in the eyes: the decision to postpone the conclusion of the US troops for another year or two would not affect the irreversible tragic development of events in Afghanistan. The United States would have to take on new commitments to Afghanistan indefinitely, Due to the costs of tens of billions of dollars a year, with a little hope for the achievement of fragile results inside the country with weak management, deteriorating conditions on the battlefield and with confidence that many other American lives will be lost, as the Taliban aimed again on American military and diplomats ” .
The former ambassador brings the opinion of numerous observers that “on AndSF paper (Afghan national defense and security forces – ed.) were significantly larger, better armed and organized than the Taliban. Afghan special forces compared with the best in the region. As now Not further, as in March 2021, US intelligence briefings for the highest officials of the administration of Byyden contained conclusions that the Taliban can capture a substantial part of the country only after two or three years, and not in a few weeks.
In the semi-annual presentations of the US Department of Defense, Congress regularly emphasized the growing professionalism and combat capability of the Afghan Armed Forces.