VIDEO. Return of the Taliban to Afghanistan: "We are in the process of returning to zero point"

20 years of war, 140,000 men on the ground for almost nothing.

With the scheduled departure of American troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban are once again master of the country day after day.

The United States has spent hundreds of billions of dollars in 20 years to train and equip the Afghan army.

But that did not prevent it from disintegrating in front of the offensive of the Taliban which amassed a formidable arsenal stolen from the enemy.

The country is on the brink of a precipice with the vast majority of cities and rural areas of the country under insurgent control, while Washington and London announce the next evacuation of their nationals and diplomats in Kabul.

Two decades after the intervention of Western forces, all for that?

Romain Malejacq, professor of political science and author of the book “Warlord Survival, The delusion of State Building in Afghanistan” gives us his analysis.