The images of desperate Afghans scaling the perimeter fence at Kabul’s airport in an attempt to flee Taliban rule provide a heartbreaking record of our geopolitical moment.
The brutal way in which the West’s former allies in Afghanistan are being left to their fate encapsulates the determination of U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to shed old international commitments as it embraces a new strategy.
There is much to criticize about the United States’ hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan, not least the lack of concern for the rights of Afghan women and girls, intelligence failures and the absence of planning.