Iran press/Asia: With the US forces escaping from Afghanistan after 20 years of invasion, the Taliban took power on August 15, 2021.
"I left as the last person in the chain of command because our forces could no longer sustain. I had no one to fight with me. It was not a situation where sacrificing myself would have saved the republic," Ashraf Ghani, the former president of Afghanistan, answered to "why did he leave when you did the country? In an interview with PBS, he said, "I left as the last person in the chain of command because our forces could no longer sustain. I had no one to fight with me. It was not a situation where sacrificing myself would have saved the republic."
"The presidential guard collapsed. I was ready to go to the Ministry of Defense. The ministry was completely empty. And when the national security adviser and the head of BPS came, they gave me two minutes with the information that everything had collapsed and the Taliban were ready with a couple of teams to enter and destroy the palace," he added.
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In response to the question, whether he was surprised at the speed with which districts and provinces were falling to the Taliban, he accused the neighboring countries and claimed: The Taliban could only function for an extended period because of sanctuary and support from neighboring countries. Afghanistan became the ground for a proxy war between the United States and almost every other significant power from Russia and others. And related to this is the loss of logistical support.
"At the end of 2020, there were about 20,000 contractors, and they were withdrawn to less than 100 in July. But, most significantly, the Taliban onslaught went without a coherent diplomatic response, underscoring the former Afghan president.
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