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Afghan pullout is ‘biggest NATO debacle,’ says head of German ruling party
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Armin Laschet, leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and candidate for chancellor in the upcoming general elections, speaks at a news conference in Berlin on August 16, 2021. (Christian Mang/Pool/AFP)
BERLIN — The withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan is the “biggest NATO debacle” since the founding of the alliance, the head of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party says.
With the Taliban sweeping to power after NATO troops withdrew, CDU party chief Armin Laschet says: “It is evident that this engagement of the international community was not successful. It is the biggest debacle that NATO has suffered since its founding, and we’re standing before an epochal change.”
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