US created a disaster in Afghanistan
after the attacks 9/11
• Invasion of Afghanistan by the USA
• Objectives of the invasion
o Have Oussama Ben Laden
o Defeat the Taliban
• BUT : Bush refused the offer of the Taliban : gave Ben Laden
o Taliban surrendered after the campaign of Bombing --> beginning of the ‘Reconstruction” (counterterrorism and Al Qeada, supplied money, schools, bridges…)
2011
USA killed Ben Laden
o The US sent less troops --> the risk of terrorist attack diminished
o US supported the afghan army
• US supplied the cities of AFG --> in the countryside, The Taliban regained control
o People had enough with the campaign of bombing
2013-2014
The Taliban came back step by step
o US intelligence was bad
“Ghost soldiers”
• Ashraf Ghani: President of AFG --> not coming to the negotiate table with the Taliban and the US
Trump: “all american soldiers in Afghanistan must leave”
• Biden continued Trump’s plan
o Taliban gained ground
o Afghan forces were cut off from American aid and could only rely on themselves
• The Taliban took Kabul