It comes almost 20 years since the US launched its War on Terror in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Taliban fighters raise their flag at the Ghazni provincial governor's house in southeastern Afghanistan on Aug. 15.
Taliban fighters on Sunday evening entered Kabul, the nation's capital and last government stronghold, after other major cities had fallen in rapid succession over recent days. A Taliban spokesperson said on Twitter that they had entered the city to provide security and that foreign nationals would not face any danger.Taliban fighters take control of the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 15 after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.
"The fact is, we invested, the international community invested, over 20 years, billions of dollars, in these forces, 300,000 of them — with an air force, something the Taliban didn't have — with the most modern, sophisticated equipment," Blinken said."And unfortunately, tragically, they have not been able to defend the country. And I think that explains why this has moved as quickly as it's moved.
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