Washington: A group of US lawmakers has urged President Joe Biden to ensure that the Taliban, now the de facto ruler of Afghanistan, do not destabilize Pakistan and acquire nuclear weapons. The lawmakers demanded that Biden answer important questions on what happened in Afghanistan and what he plans to do going forward.
Are you prepared to militarily support regional allies in the event the Taliban militarize Afghanistan’s border? What is your plan to help ensure the Taliban do not destabilize their nuclear neighbor Pakistan? The group of 68 lawmakers from the Senate and House of Representatives asked in a letter addressed to Biden on Wednesday. Do you have any plans to ensure that Taliban-held Afghanistan will never acquire nuclear weapons? He asked.
Lawmakers said that in the past weeks, as the Taliban occupied Afghanistan with astonishing speed, the world watched with utter shock, “to completely withdraw the small remaining footprint of our main military force from Afghanistan and make unnecessary gains.” The unforeseen errors resulted in delayed evacuation of American personnel and its Afghan partners. The situation in Afghanistan rapidly escalated under the Taliban regime with the persecution of women and girls, the repression of civil society, the displacement of countless Afghans from their homes. It has “metastasized”, which the Taliban then use as force to prevent them from fleeing Afghanistan, and a power void that China seeks to fill by expanding its ties with the Taliban, he said.
Noting that the consequences of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan are not isolated to that country or even the Middle East region, the lawmakers said the action had geopolitical and strategic consequences that were already beginning to emerge. and will resonate for decades. Dealing with these consequences means we must act now to outline the US strategy while we manage the immediate fallout of this self-styled crisis in Afghanistan. To that end, we write to let you know what your plans are for America moving forward, he wrote.
Given that the intelligence community has warned that al Qaeda and ISIS-K were given carte blanche by the Taliban to use Afghanistan as a safe haven to train and equip for future terrorist attacks against the US Will, he asked: What is your plan to ensure that Al Qaeda doesn’t rise again and gain a foothold in Afghanistan? What ‘above the horizon’ operation are you prepared to use to counter this threat? The letter questioned whether with the Taliban occupying Kabul, the armed group now has real command and control over former personnel, equipment and infrastructure of the Afghan security forces. “If so, does this mean that the Taliban have an air force through this de facto control? What are your plans to disable any air forces operating under the Taliban’s command? It asked.
Lawmakers asked Biden about his plan to ensure that more American and Afghan military equipment does not end up in the hands of the Taliban. What are your plans to retrieve US military equipment that has already fallen into the hands of the Taliban? He asked.
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