Fmr. President Bush has called the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan a mistake. “I'm afraid Afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm,” he said.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush attends the 2015 Father of the Year Luncheon Awards at New York Hilton on June 18, 2015 in New York City.WASHINGTON — Former President George W. Bush called the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan a mistake because he fears how the Taliban will treat Afghan women, children and other innocent people.
“I'm afraid Afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm,” the former president told German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle at his house in Maine in an interview released Wednesday.Asked if it’s a mistake to pull troops out of the country, Bush said, “I think it is, yeah, because I think the consequences are going to be unbelievably bad, and I’m sad.”
In his first year as president, Bush launched the war in Afghanistan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to topple the Taliban-run government and target al-Qaeda. It became America’s longest war.said last week that the U.S. military mission would end on Aug. 31But as a result, Afghan women, Bush said, are “scared” and he said he’s worried about the fate of people who helped U.S. and NATO troops over the last two decades.
“I think about all the interpreters and people that helped not only U.S. troops, but NATO troops and they're just, it seems like they're just gonna be left behind to be slaughtered by these very brutal people, and it breaks my heart.”
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