Former NATO Secretary-General Criticizes U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan as the Greatest Failure

【Former NATO Secretary General: The US withdrawal from Afghanistan is the biggest failure of NATO】

London time on November 8, 2025, former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gave an interview to the UK's The Times and responded to related questions:

I think the US withdrawal from Afghanistan is the biggest failure of NATO. Of course, I believe that the decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan was correct.

Supplementary information:

In early August 2021, the Taliban intensified their attacks on the Afghan government forces, entered Kabul on August 15 and declared the end of the war the next day. The then Afghan president Ashraf Ghani left the country. On the evening of August 31, US troops left Kabul airport, ending the US military presence in Afghanistan for nearly 20 years.

Original article: www.toutiao.com/article/1848274866696200/

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