(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, AUGUST 17 - "Ending" the mission in Afghanistan "was not easy: the dilemma was to let the Taliban regain control or remain in an endless war. We didn't want to stay in Afghanistan forever": said the NATO secretary general, JensStoltenberg.
"What we have seen in recent weeks has been an unpredictable military and political collapse. The Afghan political leadership has failed to find a political solution and this failure leads to the tragedy we are witnessing today," he added.
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