More Than Dutch Courage in Afghanistan

Die Niederländer haben ihre ISAF-Kontingent aus Afghanisan abgezogen. Ich beschäftige mich mit den Auswirkungen dieser Entscheidung in einem Kommentar:


As the old C-130 Hercules transport plane took off from Tarin Kowt airfield in Uruzgan, I glimpsed a last view of the province that back in 2001 had witnessed the first Pashtun rebellion against the Taliban. This rugged airstrip was an unlikely place to make history, but it was the same strip that had been built by U.S. Special Forces to fly Hamid Karzai to Kabul in 2002, where a Loya Jirga was awaiting to anoint him president of Afghanistan. I spent only two days in the Forward Operating Base “Kamp Holland” in Uruzgan in 2008, but reading the reports about the Dutch withdrawal from Afghanistan on August 1 brought back memories.
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