US Debacle In Afghanistan - View From Turkey

Since the attacks of September 11, the main strategy of America was to prevent Afghanistan being reused as a safe haven for terrorists through the elimination of al-Qaeda. While America was sticking to such a basic strategy during the past eleven years, it altered its target many times by changing decisions in accordance with the changing conditions. These were briefly as overthrow of the Taliban, then the increased reconstruction process, within this process the burden sharing in international cooperation which has been highly discussed and the decision of withdrawal. Lastly, with the decision taken at the Lisbon Summit in 2010, for both NATO and American soldiers, the final withdrawal date from Afghanistan was determined to be December 2014. Therefore, while it has been discussed whether America will be successful or not with its exit strategy in Afghanistan. MORE HERE