Britain failed to convince NATO members to fight the Taliban insurgency
This article is part of a Fox News Digital series examining the consequences of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan one year ago this week.
NATO allies had no choice but to follow the U.S. out of Afghanistan, which gave the impression that member states had “no backbone” for another conflict, experts told Fox News Digital.
Retired General Frank McKenzie, who was ordered to execute the U.S.’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, discusses what he could have done differently one year after Kabul fell to the Taliban.
“It was clear to all experts that [the withdrawal] meant the great danger of the Taliban taking power in Afghanistan,” Dr. August Hanning, former German state secretary of the Federal Interior Ministry and director of Federal Intelligence Services, explained. “But the prevailing mood in Germany was that government, Parliament and public were tired about the mission and the poor results of the mission in Afghanistan. Therefore, this announcement was also associated with a feeling of relief.” Read more…