![]() Afghanistan's war was technically over in 2014. The U.S. army and coalition allies led by NATO concluded the war by withdrawing their forces from this country that leave it vulnerable to defeat at the hands of its tenacious enemy, Taliban. The Situation:
Since the Afghan administration has been responsible for the security in 2014, military conflicts have escalated. The radical group Islamic State has established the presence in the country's east and has claimed credit for terrorist attacks in Kabul City. The larger threat caused by insurgent Taliban expands by occupying the territory. In addition, Russia provides arms to this insurgent group. About the tenth of territory is under insurgent control and another third is contested. Civilian casualties rose to 11,483 last year, a record that the United Nations tracked them from 2009. The coalition of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation The background: In 1898, the Soviet army pulled out of Afghanistan after a long decade occupancy that left the country a front line in a the cold war. The U.S. supported Soviet's opponents such as radical Islamic faction and also disengaged. Bloody chaos followed until Taliban deprived Kabul of feuding warlords. Taliban imposed a stern theocratic rule and refused to extradite the terrorist Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden following their terrorist attack Sep 11 on the U.S. The U.S. then occupied Afghanistan. When Bin Laden and Taliban's group fled, the U.S. morphed into nation-building undertaking. After the killing of Bin Laden in Pakistan, Obama winded down the U.S. forces. He withdrew the last of them when he turned the presidency over Trump in January. Efforts to organize peace talks have stalled but Taliban said it wouldn't negotiate until the international forces pull out of Afghanistan. The argument: Some commentators have argued the war in Afghanistan can't win. Thus, the U.S. and NATO allies should leave it rather than invest money and live in it. Others have said the U.S. and its allies shouldn't walk away after their commitments. The Reference Shelf
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