The Taliban has stormed Kabul and seized power. With this, the US’ two-decade-long war against terrorism came to a futile end.

There are two issues at play here—why the US left and how they left. Critics of the US govt say that they left in a hurry and they did so at the cost of the Afghan people. ORF’s Kriti Shah explains what lead to the crisis in the nation and the various players and factors at play there.

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