“It’s sad that the West has done what it’s done.”But there are few signs that Mr. Wallace’s boss, Mr. Johnson, shares his commitment to the Afghan project. Mr. Johnson has good reasons to avoid a rift with Mr. Biden. The prime minister has lobbied the president on issues like the coronavirus pandemic and climate change. He needs the United States to play a major role at the United Nations’ climate change conference, which he is hosting in Glasgow in November. As an issue, Afghanistan had faded from the headlines every bit as much in Britain as in the United States.

Source: New York Times August 18, 2021 07:20 UTC