China describes the 20-year-war waged by foreign troops in Afghanistan as fiasco
UNITED NATIONS – Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, on Monday described the 20-year-war waged by foreign troops in Afghanistan as a fiasco, stressing that the tragedy in Afghanistan should never be allowed to repeat.
The fiasco has once again proved that military intervention and power politics are not the right way, foreign models and democratic transformation cannot win the hearts and minds of the people, Zhang told a Security Council briefing on Afghanistan, adding that “the tragedy in Afghanistan should never be allowed to repeat.”
The withdrawal of foreign troops is not the end of responsibility, but rather the beginning of reflection and correction. The countries concerned should have seriously reflected on their mistakes and corrected them in a timely manner, instead of walking away with a shrug of shoulders, he said.
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