At the Taliban's Mercy: German Military Fears for Afghanistan's Future -- Spiegel Online
German soldiers are preparing to withdraw from an unstable Afghanistan, a massive operation that defense officials are in the process of organizing. But military leaders worry that they'll be leaving Afghans at the mercy of the Taliban -- and warn that the country could fall apart.
When the German military, the Bundeswehr, leaves its field base in Faizabad at the foot of the mountains in northeastern Afghanistan in a few months, it will take along everything that isn't nailed down, leaving behind little more than a green pasture, swept as clean as a campground in the winter. In recent years, 550 German soldiers have trained Afghan troops at the base and provided stability to the region. Now 100 Bundeswehr moving experts will take half a year to pack their bags.
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My Comment: The Germans are correct in their assessment. They will be leaving a vacuum that will probably be filled by the Taliban.
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