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“Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is a severe defeat of the West and a moral victory of Islamism over the West,” Bavarian Minister-President Markus Soeder was quoted as saying by German media.
“The fact that on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 (terrorist attacks) the Taliban are back and stronger than ever leaves a sour feeling,” he added. Russia Today, Friday (20/8/2021).
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The leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), the sister party to Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said the German government did not give a strong image in this situation.
Soeder called for financial assistance to Afghanistan’s neighbors to avoid a new massive humanitarian and refugee crisis. He stressed that the international community must not repeat its inaction with regard to the Syrian conflict, when scores of asylum seekers from the Middle East and Africa moved to Europe, with more than 1 million arriving in Germany in 2015.
The CSU leader said the United States bears primary responsibility for the situation in Afghanistan, and therefore must help protect foreign humanitarian workers in the country.
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Soeder’s remarks come as Germany, like many other Western countries, is urgently evacuating its diplomatic personnel and its Afghan allies. So far more than 900 people have been flown by Germany.
Reuters citing sources reported that Merkel told members of her party on Monday that up to 10,000 people may need evacuation.
In her speech, Merkel called the Taliban victory “terrible,” and said international cooperation was needed for further aid efforts in Afghanistan.
Militants quickly stormed the country and captured Kabul with little or no resistance on Sunday, two weeks before the deadline for the full withdrawal of U.S. forces.
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