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'Where states fail they create resentments and they create anger': On 1st anniversary of Kabul’s fall, UK's former man in Afghanistan warns that allowing Taliban to destroy country could create new extremism problem for West while Talibs celebrate
[MAIL] Britain's former ambassador to Afghanistan has warned that a failure to halt the country's decline under the Taliban risked future extremism problems for the West.Sir Laurie Bristow, who was in post when Kabul fell a year ago and was one of the last out of the city, spoke out on the first anniversary of the Islamists' takeover. Afghanistan is currently suffering a humanitarian crisis with a crippled economy combining with a severe drought and lack of food under their hardline regime. Speaking to the BBC today Sir Laurie, who was in post for just a few short months between January and August last year, said that the UK was providing aid not just for humanitarian reasons but also 'hard-headed national security' ones. 'I think we have learned the hard way over recent years that where states fail they create resentments and they create anger and they create perceived injustices on which extremists feed,' he said. Defiance of Afghan girls: One year on from their country's takeover by the Taliban, the youngsters who are risking wrath of the fanatical regime by going to secret schools [Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Jubilant Taliban celebrate 'victory' outside abandoned US embassy and declare a national holiday one year after re-taking control of Afghanistan - as regime crushes women's rights and nation slides into poverty Posted by: Skidmark 2022-08-15 |
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