Sadness and anger: Bavarian Afghanistan soldiers desperate - "Everything for the cat"

The Taliban have taken power in Afghanistan.

Bundeswehr soldiers are disappointed that their deployment there could now have been in vain.

Afghanistan - The Taliban have taken power in Afghanistan *.

Bundeswehr soldiers fear that achievements, such as education for women, are now threatened.

They are disappointed that their work there could have been in vain, as reported by

.

Afghanistan: After the Taliban came to power - Bavarian soldiers upset

Bundeswehr officer Tobi was there, among other things, at hostage rescue and fought against the Taliban. Like many soldiers who were in Afghanistan, he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. He cannot forget what he saw in Kunduz. According to

he also noticed how children went to newly built schools or women began to study. Now he has to watch in disbelief as all of this is destroyed again. "Our task was to strengthen the regions, to protect civilian construction, to introduce human rights and that is now all for nothing," he said,

dismayed

to the

.

It is "bitter" to see the current developments as a former officer.

According to him, things could now get worse than before 2002. At that time, the first soldiers of the Bundeswehr came to Afghanistan.

“We gave the Afghan army weapons that are now available to the Taliban.

I trained people there who are now fighting for the Taliban. "

Afghanistan: Bavarian veteran with bad fears for helpers - "Very difficult to survive"

Tobi is regularly caught up with memories of his time in Afghanistan. Sometimes he's in the car and suddenly he's scared to death. Even today he can see a colleague pulling him out of the ditch before a bomb explodes. He wants all of this to have at least made sense, reports the

. All those who helped the West are now in danger, he explains. "It will be very difficult for them to survive, unfortunately also for their families."

Lieutenant Colonel Stephan Koller also fears that many of the achievements in Afghanistan are now threatened.

He trained soldiers for the mission there and reports that the current situation arouses grief and anger in them.

“Many are now asking themselves: what were we there for, what did we say goodbye to our families?” He reports to the

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The first Bundeswehr machine flies people out of Afghanistan

Veteran Tobi's wish would have been to extend the deployment in Afghanistan until the country had been politically and militarily stable - even if it had taken another 20 years.

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