world. Not even the Pentagon was spared from the attacks. The way, the attacks were executed, was unlike anything the world had ever seen. Passenger airplanes occupied with innocent lives were used as ballistic missiles. The world condemned the loss of more than 3,000 lives, spanning across more than 90 countries. Obviously, the aftermath of the events was even more devastating.
Pakistan alone has suffered every nightmare imaginable during the War on Terror. Some of these were the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the Marriott Hotel bombing, the Lal Masjid insurgency, and the tragic APS massacre. However, these are only a few of the events which had happened. Gulf News estimates more than 83,000 Pakistani lives were lost due to the War on Terror. Moving onto the costs, Pakistan was set back $126 billion alone.
US President Joe Biden was not of the view that the War on Terror could be won. The White House neither called for a celebration nor did it even hint at a victory. White House press secretary Jen Psaki stated there was no “mission accomplished moment in this regard.” She then said that the 20-year-old conflict had not been won militarily.
The haste of the decision had raised many questions in the United States of America. Likewise, these questions were backed up with much resentment over the lives lost and the wastage of tax payer’s dollars. America had spent unimaginably large sums of money to achieve nothing. Therefore, it had returned to square one. The twenty wasted years was another miserable defeat for America. Many drew parallels to another Vietnam.
The reason behind the lightning-fast takeover was that the Afghan authorities were demoralized from the start. On top of that, they lacked ammunition and rations. This put them in an unwinnable position. A vast majority of the soldiers were only enlisted for the paycheck. Moreover, many high-ranking Afghan officials had misused the American-allotted funds and kept them for their own benefit. This led to the creation of ‘ghost soldiers'. These were simply soldiers that did not exist.
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