What Will Happen To Pakistan Once US Troops Completely Withdraw From Afghanistan?
Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), said the US would no longer need Pakistan’s assistance after the pull-out from Afghanistan.
A former Pentagon official, Rubin is of the view that “Pakistani triumphalism” after America’s exit from the war-torn country and “any subsequent Taliban atrocities will ignite public opinion and lead American politicians to take symbolic action”.
US Exit From Afghanistan
US President Joe Biden has set the September 11 deadline to end what is seen as America’s longest war. September 11 would mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that had ignited the war.
Posted : 2021-04-26 17:28 By John J. Metzler
Afghanistan s forever war may finally be ending. President Joe Biden announced the impending troop pullout from the country amid largely but not universal bipartisan support for ending a conflict which started in the wake of Al Qaida s terrorist attacks on America on Sept. 11, 2001.
Referring to the original mission, Biden announced, The objective was clear and the cause just. We accomplished that objective . it s time to end America s longest war. That s true. But then the president announced that the 2,500 remaining U.S. forces will be out of Afghanistan by Sept.11!
Is the administration tone deaf? Sept. 11? We are out of Afghanistan by the very day global terrorists celebrate as the date they attacked America? That sinister date signals the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks and is not the time to send this message.
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There Is Only One Option on Afghanistan
Option 1. Withdraw all 2,500 US troops by May 1.
Option 2. Negotiate an extension with the Taliban, then leave.
Option 3. Stay in Afghanistan indefinitely.
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If the US leaves in the next three months, it’s likely the Taliban will overrun the US-backed Afghan government and once again make life worse for millions of Afghans, especially women and children.
Staying in Afghanistan just a little bit longer would likely delay that takeover, but would also expend any diplomatic capital the US has left with the Taliban and keep US troops in harm’s way.
Finally, violating the terms of the agreement and remaining indefinitely will almost certainly lead the Taliban to restart its campaign, put on hold ahead of the May 1 deadline, to kill American service members in the country.