Seen from Germany, the announced victory of the Taliban has a particularly unpleasant flavor. The images of the fall of Kunduz a few days ago, the first major city to be taken over by the Northern Alliance in November 2001, were
“heartbreaking”
for the veterans of the Bundeswehr. Johannes Clair, a former German army sergeant published a book about his seven-month mission in Kunduz, between 2010 and 2011.
“We left blood, sweat and tears there; our comrades were killed there. What was happening was predictable. At the latest after 2014, when the combat troops were withdrawn, it became evident that the Afghan security forces were unable to handle the situation on their own. ”
More diplomatically, but on the same register, the Minister of Defense, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (AKK), deplored
"images which provoke a lot of bitterness, in view of our commitment of the last twenty years"
.
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