Is Afghanistan once again doomed to live under the rule of the Taliban fundamentalists? While the United States completed its military withdrawal on July 3, the insurgents progressed so rapidly in their conquest of the territory that the American President, Joe Biden, had to speak on Thursday, July 8, to reassure the community. international conference on what looks like an announced disaster. The grounds for reassurance appeared minimal. He assured that he would not give up by the Kabul regime, while saying that the Americans had not come to Afghanistan to “Rebuild the country”, despite twenty years of presence. He acknowledged that the chances of the current regime and the Taliban forming a government of national unity were “Highly improbable”, despite the inter-Afghan peace process that began in September 2020 in Doha, Qatar.
Jul 2021. The Taliban Advance in Afghanistan Part 2
