Afghan Lessons

摘要

In the second half of June this year, Polish soldiers left Afghanistan after a 20-year presence in the country. We joined the NATO operation according to Article 5 of the Washington Treaty in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. US-led forces then ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan. Twenty years later, we left the country giving the opportunity to the Taliban to return to power. Some politicians in my country say that "Everything has changed and nothing has changed". But we use this expression to describe intentional action, to do a lot in order to bring things back to their previous state. Intentional... though the US and NATO achieved the same result, unintentionally. Twenty years of blood and sweat of NATO soldiers, and no result for Afghanistan - a waste of NATO lives and resources.