The West's withdrawal from Afghanistan is a “hasty, crassly-handled surrender to the very people we fought and defeated 20 years ago,” a former NATO chief fumed today. Lord Robertson was NATO chief in September 2001 when al-Qaeda terrorists flew jets into New York's World Trade Centre. Former British Cabinet Secretary and ex-national security chief Lord Mark Sedwill said the pullout was “a bad policy, badly-implemented” and “an act of strategic self-harm”. He also feared US plans to wage military strikes against targets in Afghanistan from “over the horizon” were a “pipe dream”. Image: REUTERS) REUTERS)Pakistan has repeatedly faced claims it secretly helped the Taliban – accusations it denies.

Source: Daily Mirror September 02, 2021 15:12 UTC