Why The U.S. - NATO Ceremony That Officially Ended The Afghan War Had To Be Held In Secret

One Sentence That Shows How Badly America Failed In Afghanistan -- Max Fisher, VOX

The US-led war in Afghanistan officially ended this week, after 13 long, hard, and costly years. The war's end is largely a technicality — US and other troops will remain, and the Afghan army is continuing to fight a losing war against the Taliban — but this is a still a symbolically rich moment in the winding down of Western involvement.



Few things sum up the bitterness of America's 13-year-effort in Afghanistan like the single sentence beneath this Al Jazeera headline, about NATO's ceremony officially "ending" the war. (Hat tip to Paul Szoldra, executive editor of the military news site WeAreTheMighty.com, for flagging this.)



Yes, that's right: the ceremony in Kabul honoring 13 years of mostly-American and British troops fighting and dying in Afghanistan had to be held in a secret location because the war has gone so badly that even the capital city is no longer safe from the Taliban.



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My Comment: This is what defeat looks like. I recall the Soviets doing the same thing when they withdrew Afghanistan in the 1980s .... the ceremony in Kabul was also done in secret.