Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Who are the Taliban and how did they take control of Afghanistan so swiftly?
On August 15, Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, fell to the Taliban. It took just a little over a month for Taliban forces to seize much of the country from the begging of US troops’ withdrawal. Even though the Afghan troops, consisting of over 300,000 personnel, were well funded and equipped by the US, they showed little or no resistance against Taliban forces. Then Afghan president fled the country in a hurry and the presidential palace was captured more quickly than anyone but the Taliban thought of. Why did the Afghan regime, which had been tightly guided and assisted by the US for the last two decades, collapsed so fast?
The US and UK had to send troops to evacuate their people but showed little or no mercy on Afghans who had been working with and for them, such as interpreters and government personnel. Now the insurgence has become the ruling force of the landlocked country with a population of 38 million. The US had no choice but to flee from the country just like they did from Saigon, Vietnam 46 years ago. They didn’t seem to have learned from the costly and painful lesson.
Enjoy reading the article and learn about who the Taliban is and how they seized Afghanistan so fast.
No comments:
Post a Comment