Afghanistan Intervention Failed
„Chancellor Merkel can’t deny that the Federal Armed Forces mission in Afghanistan has failed. None of the declared aims has been reached – Afghanistan didn’t proceed politically, economically, or socially. To the contrary. Opium growing flourishes as much as corruption even more than before the war, Al Qaida and its allies are meanwhile fought with the deployment of drones against international law in Pakistan and elsewhere, women’s rights exist primarily on paper, and inner-Afghan conflicts are still rather solved with armed force instead of reconciliation“, states the head of the faction of DIE LINKE in the Bundestag, Gregor Gysi, on occasion of the chancellor’s fifth visit to Afghanistan. „53 killed Federal Army soldiers painfully and clearly show, that there is no difference between a military mission and a supporting mission.“ Gysi further:
„Each and every killed civilian, every killed soldier is one too many. DIE LINKE mourns the loss of life and expresses its condolences to the bereaved . The federal government and the majority of the Bundestag are asked to eventually draw consequences out of the failed mission: Even under the planned Post-ISAF-mandate - as much as this became clear - the federal army remains a war party in Afghanistan, the soldiers are still confronted with killing and being killed. It is time for a rapid, systematic and complete withdrawal – out of responsibility for the future of Afghanistan as well as Germany.“