Kabul: Former CIA Clandestine Service member John Sipher blamed Pakistan for the swift collapse of Afghanistan by the Taliban.
Responding to an article of The Washington Post which held American miscalculation responsible for Afghanistan’s debacle, Sipher condemned Pakistan’s enduring support to the Taliban for the fiasco.
“If the Pakistanis had withdrawn their enduring support to the Taliban and denied them sanctuary within their borders at any point during this 20-year war, it would have been the Taliban, not our Afghan allies, who collapsed swiftly,” tweeted Sipher.
The Washington Post article written by Elliot Ackerman lauded Afghans for fighting two decades against the Taliban in spite of the support of Pakistan.
“Despite these challenges, they have fought for two decades beside us (America) against a stubborn Taliban supported by nations such as Pakistan,” the author added.
He also criticised US President Joe Biden’s administration as well as his team for giving falsified ground situation of Afghanistan.
“I have never witnessed a more shameful US failure than that of this week.
President Biden’s address to the nation Wednesday featured two statements that were, at best, self-serving interpretations of events, but I would categorize them as falsehoods. First, the president said he and his national security team “have been closely monitoring the situation on the ground in Afghanistan and moving quickly to execute the plans we had put in place to respond to every constituency — and contingency — including the rapid collapse we’re seeing now,” said Ackerman.