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Taliban fighters celebrate one year since they seized the Afghan capital, Kabul, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, August 15, 2022
WESTERN leaders must engage with the Taliban to prevent Afghanistan becoming a failed state hosting terrorist groups, a former head of the British armed forces claimed today.
General Sir Nick Carter, who was chief of the defence staff until last November, described “a failure of political will” as responsible for the US defeat in Afghanistan last year, which led to a chaotic withdrawal of its own and allied, including British, troops.
Speaking a year after the botched evacuation, he also said it “appears” that Britain let down Afghan contractors.
Modi has rolled out the carpet for the Taliban in New Delhi — and we shouldn’t be surprised. They have more in common than you might think, argues Bhabani Shankar Nayak
The Islamic Republic is attempting to deflect from its own failures with a scapegoating campaign against vulnerable and impoverished migrants, writes JAMSHID AHMADI
