Merkel, we are all wrong on Afghanistan

(ANSA) - BERLIN, 16 AUGUST - "A wrong evaluation. Not a German wrong evaluation, but a common wrong evaluation". German Chancellor Angela Merkel said this in Berlin, admitting in turn that it was a mistake to believe that Afghan forces could resist the Taliban.

   "We have not been able to achieve what we were intended", Merkel also said, stressing that this is "very bitter" after a mission that lasted for 20 years.

    Now "evacuation operations are in the foreground.

   We must try to take out as many people as possible," he added. (HANDLE).