Afghanistan after the American withdrawal: 20 years of war ... What now?
American soldiers in Afghanistan.
(Illustrative image) © Ahmad Masood / REUTERS
By: Chantal Lorho Follow
2 min
"
The time has come to put an end to this endless war
," declared Joe Biden on April 14, 2021, announcing that "
by next September 11, all American troops would have left Afghan soil
".
What conclusions can we draw from this 20-year war, the longest carried out by the United States?
Why did the Western coalition get stuck in the Afghan quagmire?
Who benefited from the conflict?
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How did the insurgents manage to bring the world's leading power to its knees?
What was the role of neighboring Pakistan?
Is the Taliban's victory assured after the Western withdrawal?
Have they changed since 2001?
What is the Taliban / Al-Qaeda / ISIS balance of power today in Afghanistan?
We are debating it with:
-
Gilles Dorronsoro,
professor at Paris1-Sorbonne University, has just published “
The Transnational Government of Afghanistan.
Such a predictable defeat
”at Karthala
-
Romain Malejacq,
professor at Radboud University in the Netherlands, author of “
Warlord Survival: the delusion of State Building in Afghanistan
”, Cornell University Press 2019
-
General Dominique Trinquand,
Expert on military issues, former head of the French military mission to the UN.
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