Is India Prepared for Regrouped Terrorist Outfits in Afghanistan?
On 14 April President Joe Biden informed the American people of his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of 9/11. In what may become one of the defining speeches of his presidency he dwelt on the rationale to end the forever war. He said I believed our presence in Afghanistan should be focused on the reason we went in the first place: to ensure Afghanistan would not be used as a base from which to attack our homeland again. We did that. We accomplished that objective. Towards the end of his address, he reiterated the categorical assertion that the US had achieved the objective of the Afghan war. He said War in Afghanistan was never meant to be a multi-generational undertaking. We were attacked. We went to war with clear goals. We achieved those objectives. Bin Laden is dead and al-Qaeda is degraded in Iraqin Afghanistan. And its time to end the forever war. Biden also made a most significant point. He said Well hold the Taliban accountable for its commitment not to allow any terrorists to threaten the United States or its allies from Afghan soil.