With no tangible results after twenty wasted years, Germany departs Afghanistan
Over the last couple of years Germany maintained the second largest contingent of troops in Afghanistan after the United States. Upon their departure, the German defense minister, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, said that after nearly 20 years of deployment, the last remaining German soldiers had left Afghanistan.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer added that this is “the end of a historic chapter of an intensive mission”.
About 59 German soldiers died in Afghanistan, 35 of them had been killed in combat, or as a result of militant attacks, making it Germany's deadliest military mission since World War Two.
The minister vowed to discuss where it went wrong and what Berlin has learned.
Because of the security problems in Afghanistan and the increasing levels of violence, the German military kept the details of its withdrawal vague.
Meanwhile British media reports suggest the majority of British troops have quietly withdrawn from Afghanistan. Again, Britain withdrawing its forces would have been shrouded in secrecy.
During the past 20 years Afghans have witnessed nothing but a spiral of violence and terror as a result of the presence of foreign forces.
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