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Afghanistan In Shambles, mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks) fled and civilians dead. The highly criticized
Watching America Retreat to Pakistan with what was left of his ex- moves of Biden and the ensuing chaos in
from Its Last War tremist group, al-Qaida. Hamid Karzai Afghanistan only seem to leave one ques-
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF was appointed as president in the U.S. tion: what now?
Ravindra Dave installed government.
[email protected] In 2003, Bush invaded Iraq in Afghanistan’s British
lieu of ending “War on Global Terror- Ambassador Set’s Foot on
Marketing Director ism” making Afghanistan’s war a sec- Homeland: Marks End of
& Vice President ond priority. It wasn’t until 2009 when UK’s 20-Year Involvement
Devyani Dave Barack Obama took office that Afghani-
[email protected] stan was back into focus. Obama pushed
for 100,00 troops but did not withdraw
Contributor them even as the main goal, the death of
Jagruti 30th August, Monday saw the last bin Laden (2011) was achieved. The war
[email protected] of America’s withdrawal from trage- dragged on and even during the tenure
dy-struck Afghanistan, hours before (2017-2021) of Donald Trump, advisors
Chief Designer and U.S. President Joe Biden’s final deadline voted against his idea to withdraw forces
Composer of Tuesday, 31st August. The evacuation from Afghanistan.
Ruchir Pandya efforts had major costs, especially in the In February 2020, Trump struck
[email protected] form of human lives when 13 U.S. service a deal with The Taliban to withdraw the 28 August 2021 saw the departure of the
members and 180 Afghans lost their lives U.S. troops by May 2021 in return for lots final flight of the UK’s evacuation at-
Accounts Associate in the suicide bombing and other threats of promises, including not attacking the tempts which began on the 14th of Au-
Deepa Shah retreating troops. Biden’s national secu- gust. Since then, more than 15,000 peo-
[email protected] the Kabul airport was under.
The airport, under U.S. military rity team advised the retention of about ple have been flown to safety. This flight
Do you want control, itself looked like the last stand 2500 troops but in mid-April, he en- marked the end of the UK’s 20-year mili-
Rashtradarpan by America in a 20-year war. At precisely forced his decision to fully withdraw all tary engagement in the war. Ambassador
at home ? 3:29 pm, gen. Frank Mackenzie, Head of forces. The decision was met with severe Sir Laurie Bristow set foot at the RAF
U.S. Central Command, declared com- criticism as it was handled poorly and led Brize Norton base in Oxford shire on
We just charge pletion of war and evacuation efforts. to chaos. 29th August with a single Foreign Office
mailing of Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated The speed and efficiency at colleague to greet him- permanent un-
$25 per year that about 100-200 Americans were still which the Taliban overwhelmed Afghan- dersecretary Sir Philip Barton.
& stranded in Afghanistan and the efforts istan took America by surprise. Early There, upon the same base, Vice
Get Free to help them are in progress. August, the militant forces took over Adm. Ben Key (chief of joint operations)
Gujarati Learning CD Currently, the U.S. has shifted cities and provincial capitals. When the spoke about the evacuation efforts by the
Just call office its diplomatic presence to Doha, Qatar President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, British forces and praised their achieve-
which was not the original plan. Initial fled; the Taliban took control of Kabul ments while expressing his regret over
Please send your feedback, suggestions included continuing the on 15th August. Though the country had the short deadline allowed by the Taliban
suggestions at U.S. embassy operations in Kabul with mainly remained tragically poor and un- that forced them to leave behind some
[email protected] the protection of around 650 U.S. troops der-developed during the American stay people that we’re desperate to evacuate.
with an additional contingent to secure post-2001, it had enjoyed some progress The images of UK service personnel re-
For Advertisement Call: the airport. Additionally, there were and modernity; but this will soon be lost turning from Kabul showed the true ex-
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(F):678-615-3186 government with additional funds to up- ghanistan fear that things will regress to operations also described the tough con-
grade their military. how they were between 1996 and 2001 ditions which the personnel had been
Rashtra Darpan: To understand the current situa- when Taliban first ruled. operating- rough sleeping conditions
GLOBAL MALL tion, one that is so heavily criticized and The costs of this war of 2 de- and living off of ration packs, all to help
leads to global questioning of America’s cades are monumental. Not just because as many entitled British and Afghan per-
5675, Jimmy carter Blvd., credibility, looking towards the history of of the $83 Billion that America spent sonnel to evacuate as best as they could.
Suite 535, Norcross the war is necessary. After the demolition on attempting to strengthen the Afghan Sir Laurie Bristow, followed by the mem-
GA. 30071
of the World Trade Centre on 11th Sep- military but also the human lives that bers of the 16 Air Assault Brigade, was
www.rashtradarpan.com tember 2001, the then President George were lost. The Costs of War Project by seen getting off a plane from the United
[email protected] W. Bush officially declared war upon Tal- Brown University calculates the substan- Arab Emirates. The UK in this fashion
iban occupied Afghanistan on October tial human cost of the war more than had evacuated a total of 2,200 children
7. Within weeks, the Taliban forces were 1,100 troops from coalition countries (youngest- a day old) along with about
overwhelmed and Osama Bin Laden (the and more than 100,000 Afghan forces 5,000 British nationals, 8,000 Afghan

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