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Mark Milley

Inserted 2 years ago

“There was nothing that I, or anyone else, saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days. The Afghan security forces had the capacity, and by that I mean they had the training, the size, the capability, to defend their country. This comes down to an issue of will and leadership.”

France24

US Army general and the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

18 Aug 2021 2 4

Michael McKinley

Inserted 2 years ago

“We misread the Taliban when we were fighting them; we also misread their more recent pledge to negotiate peace as they shadow-boxed in Doha with the Ghani [Ashraf Ghani] government after reaching agreement with the United States on the withdrawal timetable. They never had any intention of reaching a settlement. (The notion that the Taliban have changed seems even more naïve now, given the disturbing images emerging from the current takeover.) Yet that intention was in some ways mirrored by the United States: the ultimate goal of American negotiators was to create the conditions for an orderly U.S. withdrawal. The Taliban always knew that.”

Foreignaffairs

Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan in 2014–16

16 Aug 2021 5 4

Ned Price

Inserted 2 years ago

“A future Afghan government that upholds the basic rights of its people, that doesn't harbour terrorists, and that protects the basic rights of its people, including the basic, fundamental rights of half of its population - its women and girls - that is a government that we would be able to work with. The converse is also true - that we are not going to support a government that does not do that.”

Aljazeera

Spokesperson for the United States Department of State

16 Aug 2021 2 2

Jake Sullivan

Inserted 2 years ago

“It is certainly the case that the speed with which cities fell was much greater than anyone anticipated. At the end of the day, despite the fact that we spent 20 years and tens of billions of dollars to give the best equipment, the best training and the best capacity to the Afghan security forces, we could not give them the will and they ultimately decided that they would not fight for Kabul and they would not fight for the country.”

Taipeitimes

US National Security Adviser

16 Aug 2021 4 3

Antony Blinken

Inserted 2 years ago

“This [the evacuation of personnel from the US embassy in Kabul] is manifestly not Saigon. We went into Afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission in mind, and that was to deal with the people who attacked us on 9/11, and that mission has been successful.”

Theguardian

U.S. Secretary of State

15 Aug 2021 4 2

Tobias Ellwood

Inserted 2 years ago

“Whatever happened to 'America is back'? People are bewildered that after two decades of this big, high-tech power intervening, they are withdrawing and effectively handing the country back to the people we went in to defeat. This is the irony. How can you say America is back when we're being defeated by an insurgency armed with no more than [rocket-propelled grenades], land mines and AK-47s?”

Washingtonpost

15 Aug 2021 2 3

Joe Biden

Inserted 2 years ago

“One more year, or five more years, of US military presence would not have made a difference if the Afghan military cannot or will not hold its own country. And an endless American presence in the middle of another country's civil conflict was not acceptable to me.”

Aljazeera

President of the United States

14 Aug 2021 2 2

Antony Blinken

Inserted 2 years ago

“The Taliban says that it seeks international recognition, that it wants international support for Afghanistan. Presumably, it wants its leaders to be able to travel freely in the world, sanctions lifted, etc. The taking over of the country by force and abusing the rights of its people is not the path to achieve those objectives.”

Aljazeera

U.S. Secretary of State

28 Jul 2021 2 4

Kenneth McKenzie

Inserted 2 years ago

“The United States has increased air strikes in support of Afghan forces over the last several days and we're prepared to continue this heightened level of support in the coming weeks if the Taliban continue their attacks. The government of Afghanistan faces a stern test in the days ahead … The Taliban are attempting to create a sense of inevitability about their campaign.”

Aljazeera

Chief of U.S. Central Command

25 Jul 2021 2 5

Jen Psaki

Inserted 2 years ago

“We believe a political solution is the only outcome to lasting peace in Afghanistan. But we will continue to provide support to the government in the form of humanitarian support, security support, training, and we'll also encourage them to take a leading role in defending and protecting their own people.”

Aa

White House spokeswoman

23 Jul 2021 1 2

Mir Asadullah Kohistani

Inserted 2 years ago

“We [heard] some rumour that the Americans had left Bagram … and finally by 7:00 in the morning, we understood that it was confirmed that they had already left Bagram.”

Aljazeera

General and new commander of the Bagram airfield

05 Jul 2021 3 3

Faiz Zaland

Inserted 2 years ago

“The pulling out of US troops is a bit hasty in the current situation because we don't have peace on the ground. The withdrawal is happening right at a time when the Taliban is at the door of Kabul. There are severe and harsh fights going on all over the country. More than 80 districts have fallen into the hands of the Taliban in the past one month. It does seem likely that the country might be heading towards a civil war.”

Aljazeera

Political commentator and professor at Kabul University

02 Jul 2021 4 4

Ashraf Ghani

Inserted 2 years ago

“It is a choice of values, the values of an inclusionary system or exclusionary. We're determined to have unity, coherence, a national sense of sacrifice and will not spare anything. You will see that with determination, with unity, and with the partnership, we will overcome all odds.”

Aljazeera

President of Afghanistan

25 Jun 2021 2 2

Joe Biden

Inserted 2 years ago

“The partnership between Afghanistan and the United States is not ending. It is going to be sustained, and you know, our troops are going to be leaving, but our support for Afghanistan is not ending. The Afghans are gonna have to decide their future, what they want. And it won't be for a lack of us being help.”

Aljazeera

President of the United States

25 Jun 2021 1 2

Lisa Curtis

Inserted 2 years ago

“The U.S. will lose, to a great extent, our 'eyes-on' capabilities to deal with the threat. The U.S. also will no longer be able to cooperate directly with the Afghan security forces.”

Reuters

Top White House adviser on Afghanistan in the Trump administration

14 Apr 2021 1 2

Ashraf Ghani

Inserted 3 years ago

“Tonight, I had a call with President Biden in which we discussed the U.S. decision to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan by early September. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan respects the U.S. decision and we will work with our U.S. partners to ensure a smooth transition. As we move into the next phase in our partnership, we will continue to work with our US/NATO partners in the ongoing peace efforts. Afghanistan's proud security and defense forces are fully capable of defending its people and country, which they have been doing all along, and for which the Afghan nation will forever remain grateful.”

Twitter

President of Afghanistan

14 Apr 2021 5 4

Lloyd Austin

Inserted 3 years ago

“There's always going to be concerns about things one way or the other, but I think there is a lot of energy focused on doing what is necessary to bring about a responsible end and a negotiated settlement to the war [in Afghanistan].”

Aljazeera

US Secretary of Defense

21 Mar 2021 1 2

Suhail Shaheen

Inserted 3 years ago

“If US troops stayed beyond May 1, it will be a kind of violation of the agreement. That violation would not be from our side … Their violation will have a reaction.”

Aljazeera

Member of the Taliban negotiation team

19 Mar 2021 3 3

Antony Blinken

Inserted 3 years ago

“Even with the continuation of financial assistance from the United States to your forces after an American military withdrawal, I am concerned that the security situation will worsen and the Taliban could make rapid territorial gains.”

Theguardian

U.S. Secretary of State

07 Mar 2021 2 6

John Kirby

Inserted 3 years ago

“Without them meeting their commitments to renounce terrorism and to stop the violent attacks on the Afghan National Security Forces … it is very hard to see a specific way forward for the negotiated settlement, but we’re still committed to that. Thus far, the Taliban has been, to put it politely, reticent to meet their requirements.”

Aljazeera

Pentagon spokesman

28 Jan 2021 4 2

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“This [the evacuation of personnel from the US embassy in Kabul] is manifestly not Saigon. We went into Afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission in mind, and that was to deal with the people who attacked us on 9/11, and that mission has been successful.”

“One more year, or five more years, of US military presence would not have made a difference if the Afghan military cannot or will not hold its own country. And an endless American presence in the middle of another country's civil conflict was not acceptable to me.”

“We [heard] some rumour that the Americans had left Bagram … and finally by 7:00 in the morning, we understood that it was confirmed that they had already left Bagram.”

“It is a choice of values, the values of an inclusionary system or exclusionary. We're determined to have unity, coherence, a national sense of sacrifice and will not spare anything. You will see that with determination, with unity, and with the partnership, we will overcome all odds.”

“The U.S. will lose, to a great extent, our 'eyes-on' capabilities to deal with the threat. The U.S. also will no longer be able to cooperate directly with the Afghan security forces.”

“There's always going to be concerns about things one way or the other, but I think there is a lot of energy focused on doing what is necessary to bring about a responsible end and a negotiated settlement to the war [in Afghanistan].”

“If US troops stayed beyond May 1, it will be a kind of violation of the agreement. That violation would not be from our side … Their violation will have a reaction.”

“Even with the continuation of financial assistance from the United States to your forces after an American military withdrawal, I am concerned that the security situation will worsen and the Taliban could make rapid territorial gains.”

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