KABUL: When American forces left their main military base in Afghanistan on Friday, marking the final symbolic in the longest war in US history, local residents living in the shadow of the base and in Kabul nearby were abandoned in the past and preparing for what happened next .
Violence has raged throughout Afghanistan within a few weeks since President Joe Biden announces the troops will retreat unconditionally on September 11.
With peace negotiations in Qatar stutter, and about a quarter of the country’s district has fallen into the Taliban in the last few weeks according to one study.
, Many are worried about that chaos.
Malek Mir, a mechanic in Bagram who saw the Soviet army and then America came and left, said he was abandoned with a deep sadness in the vanity of a foreign presence.
“They came with bombing the Taliban and got rid of their regime – but now they left when the Taliban was so empowering that they would take over at the near future,” he said.
“What’s the use of all the destruction, killing and the misery they bring to us? I hope they never come.” More than 3,500 foreign troops have been killed in a two-decade war, which has claimed more than 100,000 civilians since 2009 alone, according to the UN record.
Some, some, said the presence of foreign forces distorted the Afghan economy and that it was time for the country to stand alone.
“Americans leave the legacy of failure, they fail to contain the Taliban or corruption,” said Sayed Naqibullah, shop owner in Bagram.
“Some Afghanistan is very rich, while most of the majority are still living with extreme poverty.” In a certain way, we are glad they go …
we are Afghanistan and we will find our way.
“In the nearest capital, the news was a new reminder of the growing panic that had gripped many parts of the Afghan community, especially in urban areas, because Biden announced withdrawals in April.” Everyone is worried that foreign troops leave Afghanistan, the Taliban will take over , Then what will we do? “Zumarai wafa asked, a shopkeeper Kabul.
Wafa and the others described the decline in the business and signs of many city residents who tried to escape the country, with hundreds of march outside the medical embassy, ​​22, who asked to be identified with only one The name for security reasons, said his family had decided to leave the country because of a setback in security.
He said he wondered what women awaited if the Taliban returned to power and limited access to education.
Women, as they did during their previous time In power.
Taliban say they have changed and that they will make provisions for women’s rights in line with the cultural traditions and rules of religion.
Still, Muzhda said he felt lost and disappointed by American departure.
“The withdrawal of foreign troops in the current situation is not rational , “he said.” Now it’s clear that America comes to here for their own purposes, not to help and cooperate with Afghan.
Booth.
“” I’m very sad and disappointed, I have a lot of dreams that won’t come true.
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