EXCLUSIVE — As President Joe Biden takes to the podium for the State of the Union address Tuesday, former Afghanistan Ambassador to the United States Roya Rahmani is asking Americans to remember the extreme suffering and anguish of Afghanis half a world away.
Many everyday Afghanis are disheartened by the Taliban takeover, but much like the West, they had grown tired of war and longed for stability, according to Rahmani. Decades of war had been an everyday reality for many Afghanis as tanks rolled through their streets and missiles flared through their skies. Many of their friends or family members were killed or gravely injured during the perennial fighting.
Harrowing images of Afghanis flooding airports and clinging to the exterior of a fleeing C-17 only to plummet to their deaths were cemented in the minds of Americans during the chaotic withdrawal. Biden's domestic approval rating quickly cratered andBiden inherited the war and his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, helped lay the groundwork for the withdrawal. To Rahmani, western determination to pull out at all costs helped give the Taliban the upper hand during negotiations.
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