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A security analyst and director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center, Dr Kwesi Aning says the Taliban’s control of Kabul puts Africa and the Sahel region in danger.
He says the United States government should be held accountable for such action.
He said the US government’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan was a “miscalculation” that could have significant effects on the continent.
“Of course, this has a direct impact on all of us… This miscalculation can potentially put us all at risk in Africa and the Sahel. The Biden administration, whether it miscalculated or not, it did on the basis of its assessment of US interest, ”Dr Anin told the Citi Breakfast Show Tuesday.
Earlier this week, Taliban militants entered the Afghan capital Kabul as the country’s President Ashraf Ghani fled.
This was after the militant group launched offensive attacks in various parts of the country, with major towns and villages under its control.
The development in recent days comes after the United States announced a withdrawal of its military forces there after 20 years.
While many residents try to flee the country for fear of being subject to strict Islamic rule that should be introduced by Taliban forces, many continue to closely monitor developments while assessing the potential effect it could have. on other countries, especially those with close ties to the United States.
According to Dr Kwesi Aning, a similar bogus call from the US government many years ago led to “an almost successful rise of Islamic State (IS) in the Sahel and West Africa”.
He said events in Afghanistan would give momentum to Taliban-linked groups in West Africa and the Sahel.
“It was a dramatic failure that put you and me in danger,” he said.
He said Ghana and other West African countries must ensure that measures are put in place to protect the region from any new threats that may be presented by the situation.
Dr Aning said other West African countries can emulate Ghana in locating any help they receive from outside powers.
“It is probably in Ghana that the assistance of the American security forces seems to be paying off. But it is not because of the assistance of the security forces [itself], but because we Ghanaians know where we want to go. The Ghanaian armed forces are well trained, daring, daring and experienced in peacekeeping and true to the larger conception of a unitary Ghana, ”he noted.
He added that, “[West African countries must find out] How do they ensure that what is happening elsewhere does not generate new dynamics that threaten us, much more than what we are already facing. The case of Ghana is to get help from our partners, but to locate this help and situate it in our own operational evaluation ”.
Dr Aning said the events in Afghanistan presented very useful lessons for Ghana and the West African region, including the Sahel.
“There are lessons in the problems of Afghanistan also for our political and military system. Is it an ally we can trust? What can we get that best suits our operating environment… “You can’t come from somewhere and you overlap your culture, your values and your army in a country, and you think it will work,” he said. declared.
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