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The Fall of Kabul: US Futile Mission

Finally, the Talibans overran the Afghan capital of Kabul and took over the  presidential palace as the President, Ashraf Gani flees from the country. It is indeed shocking the situation that the Middle East country of Afghanistan has found itself. Seeped in a far-stretched war with the militant group, Taliban, the country has finally become subdued by one of the notorious terrorist islamist organizations. This is coming just on the heels of the withdrawal of the United State troops just some weeks ago after engaging in more than a 20-year engagement- the longest military mission of the US anywhere! With hard prices, in thousands of servicemen and billions of dollars paid, the United States thought it was time to quit and save itself. The consequence of the fall of Kabul to the rampaging terrorist organization brings to the fore some really critical questions. These are issues to be looked at separately from the hard point, which is the reputation of the United States in the face o...