Evenwith a democratically-electedgovernmentthatwasestablishedin 2004, theTalibanremained a powerfulforceintheAsiancountryandAfghanistanhasneverbeenconsideredstableenoughfortheUS-ledmilitaryforcestoleave.
AnditinvolvesgettingmanyAmericans, manyAfghansloyaltoAmericatorun a kindofgauntletfromthecenterofKabuluptothemainairportwheretheyhopetogetflightstotheUnitedStates⏤maybeelsewhere⏤andstart a newlifeinsafety.
PresidentBidenhassaidthattheTalibantakeoverhappenedmorequicklythanhisadministrationhadexpected, butthathestoodbyhisdecisiontogetAmericantroopsoutbecausequote, "Therewasnever a goodtimetowithdrawUSforces."
CriticshavedescribedtherapidTalibantakeoveras a calamityforAfghanistan.
評論家は、タリバンの急速な占領をアフガニスタンの災難と評しました。
AndthoughseveralpollshaveshownthatmanyAmericanssupportthedecisiontopulltheUSmilitaryoutofAfghanistan, a CNNreportersaysthewaytheAmericanwithdrawalwascarriedoutwascatastrophic.