By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, Aug 29, 2023 at 8:23 PM
A member of the US House of Representatives described the US withdrawal from Afghanistan as a mistake on the eve of the two-year anniversary of the departure of the last American soldier from Afghanistan.
In an interview with FOX News, Mike Garcia, a member of the US House of Representatives representing California’s 27th Congressional District, claimed that hundreds of “Afghan partners” are currently being killed in Afghanistan.
“We all know the way we withdrew was the wrong way, and that’s why we lost so many lives and left so many folks behind. And now there’s literally hundreds and thousands of Afghan partners being killed on a daily basis under this current Afghan Taliban regime,” he said.
Meanwhile, the deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate Bilal Karimi, denied these claims, saying that the Islamic Emirate is committed to general amnesty in the country.
“We strongly reject this. The Islamic Emirate has announced a general amnesty and tens of thousands of former administration forces in Afghanistan are currently living in peace and safety,” Karimi noted.
“Mysterious murders in Afghanistan have recently increased, so these remarks apply to the current circumstances in Afghanistan where such crimes occur,” said military expert Sadiq Shinwari.
Earlier, a number of US House of Representatives members voiced their opposition to the American forces’ departure from Afghanistan.
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