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US President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of troops from Afghan soil in the middle of this year, and the withdrawal has started as promised. The decision to withdraw troops based on an agreement with the Taliban has been contested within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a military alliance of the United States and its allies. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said today that the hasty withdrawal of troops could come at a high price.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that there is still a risk of using the region’s territory to plan terrorist activities and attack our allies. However, he acknowledged that their numbers were not sufficient to defeat al Qaeda in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has announced another withdrawal before January 15 after the first withdrawal. Currently, NATO forces are deployed in Asia, Afghanistan and Iraq. The United States has the largest number of troops in both countries. International news agencies say that the 4,000 troops in Afghanistan and the 3,000 troops in Iraq could be cut in half, with the process expected to begin in a few weeks.
Meetings are being held in the Qatari capital Doha to push for peace talks with the Taliban, but there are signs that there is no solution. Meanwhile, there has been a resurgence of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan. These are believed to be the reasons why the NATO Secretary General made such comments.
However, despite the concerns of the NATO Secretary General, there is no possibility of changing the decision. Because wherever NATO troops are in the world, they depend on the United States in many ways. But the United States itself does not want to continue this war that has lasted more than 20 years. Newly elected President Joe Biden will also support the Trump administration’s decision, analysts say. Source: Deutsche Welle, Al Jazeera.
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