He called the strike proof that “we can protect our interest against terror threats in Afghanistan without a large and expensive military presence there.” “In this case, over the horizon worked,” he said. Trump’s envoy who negotiated the original withdrawal agreement, called the strike a validation of the rationale for pulling out. Al Qaeda is not ‘gone’ from Afghanistan as Biden falsely claimed a year ago.”īut Zalmay Khalilzad, Mr. Representative Michael McCaul of Texas, his counterpart on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the strike “serves as a reminder the American people were lied to by President Biden. Inhofe of Oklahoma, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the fact that the Qaeda leader was in Afghanistan “reflects the total failure of the Biden administration’s policy towards that country.” While celebrating al-Zawahri’s killing, Republicans wasted little time on Monday night asserting that the president’s withdrawal had endangered the country. Our reporter and photographer witnessed it. Inside the Fall of Kabul: In the summer of 2021, the Taliban took the Afghan capital with a speed that shocked the world.The Afghan women’s national soccer team is still feeling the effect of the ban, even from the safety of Australia. A Team in Exile : The Taliban have barred girls and women from playing sports.A Devastating Decision: Since the Taliban administration banned women from aid work, many groups have suspended their operations in Afghanistan, depriving the population of critical resources and support.A photographer captured the jarring changes.
Under Taliban Law: The Taliban’s extremist rule has turned life upside down for Afghans, especially women.Biden would take against the Taliban as a result. Biden.Īn American official called al-Zawahri’s presence a “clear violation” of the agreement, but it was not evident what action, if any, Mr. 11.īut one of the premises of the American withdrawal was undercut by the disclosure that al-Zawahri found shelter in Afghanistan even though the Taliban had committed not to provide a safe haven for Al Qaeda to launch further attacks against Americans as part of an agreement first struck by President Donald J.
Biden’s argument that the United States can still wage war against terrorist organizations without the major deployments of ground forces that characterized the first two decades after Sept. The success of the first strike since the withdrawal without American forces actually on the ground will bolster Mr. Al-Zawahri moved back to Afghanistan earlier this year, evidently believing he would be safe there, officials said.
Biden withdrew all American forces, clearing the way for the Taliban to recapture control of the country. But it raised immediate questions about the terrorist leader’s presence in Afghanistan a year after Mr. Biden at a time of domestic political trouble. The death of one of America’s most vocal enemies after a long and maddening search that stretched out over a generation was a major victory for Mr.
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