5 Turning Points That Led To Fall of Afghanistan To Taliban: The militant group Taliban swept Kabul after the Afghan government fell following the departure of President Ashraf Ghani. With this, the efforts of the US and its allies put on to transform the war-torn nation in the last 20 years have been reached an odd end. Here are the five turning points which led to the falling of Afghanistan to the Taliban.
- The Taliban took the advantage of the peace deal brought in 2020, under then US President Donald Trump. According to this deal, the US agreed to pull out troops from Afghanistan by 1st May 2024. Under the cover of this deal, The Taliban moved strategically all over Afghanistan, by having the intention of isolating the Afghan troops.
- The 2014 and 2019 Afghanistan presidential elections were spoiled by disputes. Washington was prompted to negotiate the solutions to the deadlock between Ashraf Ghani and his rival, Abdullah Abdullah.
- The Afghan troops have struggled with a lack of training and warfare equipment. They are not paid for months and the corruption has grown rapidly.
- The Joe Biden administration has pulled out the intelligent agents, American Air Support, contractors serving warplanes and helicopters in Afghan, weakening the Afghan Air Force. Subsequently, the Taliban has flared up in action to exploit the Afghan air personnel’s vulnerability.
- Before the launching of the big offensive on Afghan forces on 4th May, the Taliban had started the surrender deals to take over Afghanistan.
