Great Britain, too, has now withdrawn almost all soldiers from Afghanistan. But that does not mean that Afghanistan is left in the lurch, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in Parliament in London on Thursday. Britain remains committed to Afghanistan. He is also aware of the dangers that this deduction represents. The chief of the British armed forces, Nick Carter, warned of civil war in Afghanistan once all foreign troops have left the country. It could slide into a precarious position similar to that of the 1990s. Then the radical Islamic Taliban would control parts of the country again, if not all of Afghanistan.
The Taliban have been advancing into Afghanistan for weeks and have already conquered numerous districts.
This was preceded by the start of the withdrawal of foreign troops.
The United States plans to fully recover its soldiers by August.
The Bundeswehr has withdrawn its last soldiers
From 1996 until it was overthrown by US-led troops in late 2001, the Taliban ruled Afghanistan and massively curtailed human rights, especially women's rights.
The United States intervened in Afghanistan at the head of a NATO alliance shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Great Britain was part of this alliance.
The Bundeswehr, which was stationed in Kunduz in the north, ended its mission on June 30th and withdrew the last soldiers.
According to the Department of Defense, about 90 percent of the American troops have already left the country. The main Bagram air force base was handed over to the Afghan security forces last Friday. From there, numerous attacks against the Taliban and other Islamist groups had been launched during the 20 years of the war in Afghanistan. US President Joe Biden wants to comment on the troop withdrawal again later in the day.