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"We women actually worked side by side with Americans. But still, we are left behind," said Brishna Sadiqi, a senior coordinator who worked with the U.S. government for five years in Kabul.
On the night of August 30, the final evacuation flight departed from Kabul. More than 123,000 civilians had been evacuated by the U.S. and its allies since August 14. But thousands of Afghans who wanted to leave were still left behind at the Kabul airport.
If the U.S. is unable or unwilling to genuinely help Afghanistan get on its feet again, it has the option of totally detaching itself from the country and let those of goodwill to take over the task.
Republicans will surely take advantage of Biden's disastrous military withdrawal from Afghanistan to boost their electoral prospects ahead of next year's midterm elections.
Officials from the anti-Taliban National Resistance Front and the Taliban held their first direct talks "in a good atmosphere" on Wednesday. Although details of the talks remain unknown, the engagement sends the outside world a positive signal that after years of war, peace in Afghanistan is finally approaching.