US General raises concern about Taliban after America retracts its troops

Months before the United States is scheduled to complete its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, a top military official responsible to monitor the retraction, voiced his concerns about the Taliban’s presence in Afghanistan. The withdrawal of the American troops will conclude the country’s longest-lasting war so far.

Army General Austin Scott Miller said in an interview with ABC News, that the war has a “psychological or moral” aspect to it, due to which Afghan people may lose hope as they “watch the Taliban moving across the country”, reported CNN.

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US President Joe Biden announced earlier this year that all of America’s troops would be recalled by September 11, 2021, marking exactly two decades of the deadly attack 9/11 attacks on the US, which claimed thousands of lives.

However, many fear that the absence of the United States armed forces in Afghanistan might give the Taliban to remobilise in the country without any consequences and further raise questions about the issue of peace and security in the region.

Miller said at the interview with ABC News, “You look at the security situation, it’s not good. The Afghans recognize it’s not good. The Taliban are on the move. We’re starting to create conditions here that won’t look good for Afghanistan in the future if there’s a push for a military takeover”, reported CNN.

However, Biden emphasised earlier this week said that there is no plan for an imminent withdrawal of the final US troops in Afghanistan.

While responding to the emerging concerns about Afghanistan’s situation after the exit of the US, Biden said that Afghanistan “has the capacity to be able to sustain government down the road”, reported AFP.

Moreover, Biden also met and spoke with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani last month at the White House.