The change in US priorities is the reason for the withdrawal of the troops from Afghanistan.
Referring to Washington’s failure to achieve its goals during its two-decade presence in Afghanistan, a Georgetown University professor cited changing Washington priorities during the Biden administration as one of the main reasons for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
The senior Middle East analyst said that in these two decades, progress has been made in some areas, including the situation of women, adding: “The United States has suffered a lot of human and financial losses in its two decades in Afghanistan, and the American people and elite have long The governments themselves want to distance themselves from events and developments that do not have a direct impact on American security.
“The Biden administration has also come to this conclusion and believes that American troops should leave areas where their presence is not necessary,” Hunter said.
“Washington now faces other challenges in the Pacific region, in part due to China’s efforts to expand its influence internationally,” added a Georgetown University professor. As a result, with these calculations, the United States has withdrawn its forces from Afghanistan so that it may deploy them in other areas.
“Thus, both the failure of the United States to achieve what it sought in Afghanistan and the new priorities of the Biden administration have led to the withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan,” Hunter said.
Emergence of other terrorist groups in Afghanistan.
Georgetown University professor in response to the question of why the United States has not succeeded in the fight against terrorism in the purpose for which it attacked Afghanistan, and now there are many terrorist groups in this country? He said that one of the reasons for the US entry into Afghanistan was al-Qaeda’s attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. From this perspective, US policy to reduce al-Qaeda’s influence was somewhat successful, but failed to eradicate terrorism.
The United States has failed in its presence in Afghanistan.
“Therefore, we can say that the United States has failed in its presence in Afghanistan; Although there may have been successes in parts of the country, including the status of women, which are now in jeopardy with the re-emergence of the Taliban, it has failed to transform Afghanistan into a strong, prosperous government.
Internal differences pave the way for the influence of world powers in Afghanistan
He also noted that many of Afghanistan’s problems are the result of the country’s specific context, which is not only rooted in differences between ethnic, racial and religious groups, but also due to the many ambitions and selfishness of the country’s politicians.
Recalling that these differences deepened after the invasion of the Soviet Union, Hunter said: “Internal conflicts and lack of unity in Afghanistan have caused world powers to exert influence in this country at different times.”
