Why Afghan army did not fight?

For the soldiers on the frontlines, they saw little reason to die when top leaders were fleeing. “When the Taliban got to the gates of Kabul, the soldiers knew the president was leaving — that’s why they didn’t fight,” said a former senior army officer who asked not to be named.

Why did UK attack Afghanistan?

Following the September 11 terrorist attacks in America, Britain deployed to Afghanistan with the US and other allies to destroy al-Qaeda, and the Taleban that had backed them.

Why is Afghan army losing to Taliban?

According to senior officials in the former Afghan administration, the Afghan army collapsed in the face of Taliban forces last month as a result of leadership failures, corruption, Taliban propaganda and the ‘betrayal’ of US-led forces.

What are Taliban doing?

The Taliban returned to power in 2021 after regrouping in Pakistan and waging an insurgency against the U.S.-backed government in Kabul. The group faces the challenges of forming a functioning government and providing health services and economic opportunities to Afghans.

Did we abandon the Afghans who counted on US?

Our abandonment of the Afghans who helped us, counted on us, and staked their lives on us is a final, gratuitous shame that we could have avoided. Applicants for a special immigrant visa crowd into a Kabul internet cafe on August 8, 2021. ( Paula Bronstein / Getty)

What has happened to the Afghan War?

An intervention designed to end global terror and defeat the Taliban has ended with Islamist terrorism being as bad as it has ever been and the Taliban on the cusp of ruling Afghanistan once again. The interventionists said they would save the Afghan people – in truth they subjected them to decades of repression, war, misogyny and poverty.

Is Kabul the last place to escape from the Taliban?

In recent days Kabul became the last point of escape for Afghans who fear for their lives under the return of the Taliban.

What happened to nation-building in Afghanistan?

‘Nation-building’ – the name given to the loose, conflictual networks that backed the guarded regime in Kabul – led to the further deterioration of Afghan nationhood. Elements in the Karzai government of the 2000s behaved essentially as warlords.