Why is the United States leaving Afghanistan? He notes that Pakistan's intelligence service contributed to the formation of the Taliban by giving them significant backing during the civil war in Afghanistan of the early 1990s. They come out of the tradition of fighting the Soviets with the (guerilla fighters) mujahideen.'

Their collective commonality is the fact they are Sunni Muslims. 'It's a rough grouping of a lot of tribal elements around Afghanistan. 'The Taliban are a very fundamentalist Sunni Islamic group,' Kempfer says. planners did not think the Taliban would move in so quickly as U.S. The evacuation is happening quicker than expected because U.S. There are also some 20,000 to 40,000 Afghan nationals who wish to leave the country because they worked with the U.S. He noted that the Taliban are allowing the United States to evacuate their own personnel. The president of Afghanistan fled the country and the Taliban are in charge everywhere.' 'The Afghan national forces just melted away. 'The Taliban have taken over the entire country,' Kempfer says. Afghans, fearing for the future, are racing to the airport, one of the last routes out of the country. But they never left the region.Īfter they blitzed across the country in recent days, the Western-backed government that has run the country for 20 years collapsed.

11 terrorist attacks, ousting the Taliban insurgents from power. The United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 after the Sept. The Taliban, a militant group that ran the country in the late 1990s, have again taken control. With assistance from global security expert Hal Kempfer and reporting from The Associated Press, here's an explanation of the conflict, why the United States is withdrawing and what comes next. On Monday, President Joe Biden defended the decision to withdraw troops, saying he was faced with a choice between sticking to a previously negotiated agreement to pull out this year or sending thousands more service members back into Afghanistan for a 'third decade' of war.

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