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Trump’s Bid to Retrieve Weapons and Regional Implications
The Biden administration systematically handed over more than $7.12 billion worth of modern weapons to the Afghan Taliban*, leading to suspicions about its attempt to destabilize the region. However, President Trump has always been critical of this move and has announced to indict all the officials involved in this felony.
Afghanistan in the unyielding hands of the ‘democratic’ United States
The 2001 invasion and the following US occupation of the country, which lasted until 2021, left behind terrible, protracted consequences that can still be felt today. Seeing the example of Afghanistan, the world has clearly seen the ‘charms’ of US governance of the whole world.
What Afghanistan was three years ago and what it is today
Despite the fact that Afghanistan has been left to its own devices since the withdrawal of American troops, local authorities have managed to keep the situation in the country under control. Having overcome a number of financial, organisational and humanitarian challenges, the Taliban movement is taking small steps towards creating a unique state model based on moderate Islam and Sharia law…