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they called home, so uncertain. chris mason, bbc news. i�*m joined now by peter galbraith, former un deputy special representative for afghanistan and former us ambassador. great to have you. we have just heard in that report, tony blair calling the us decision to withdraw imbecilic. how fair is that? i calling the us decision to withdraw imbecilic. how fair is that?- imbecilic. how fair is that? i think what was imbecilic _ imbecilic. how fair is that? i think what was imbecilic was _ imbecilic. how fair is that? i think what was imbecilic was the - imbecilic. how fair is that? i think i what was imbecilic was the strategy that was followed for the last 20 years. a strategy that was initiated, in fact, when tony blair was prime minister. that strategy involved, after ousting the taliban involved, after ousting the taliban in 2001, in partnership with the northern alliance, it then entailed
into afghanistan 20 years ago, has described the us withdrawal as �*tragic, dangerous and unnecessary�*. mr blair said the decision to end what us president biden has called �*forever wars�* was wrong — describing the slogan as �*imbecilic�*. here�*s our political correspondent chris mason. he is the former prime minister most often remembered for the war in iraq. good evening. before that, came this moment in 2001. shortly after the september 11th attacks. military action against targets, inside afghanistan has begun. i can confirm that uk forces are engaged in this action. two decades on — chaos, desperation. tony blair says that afghanistan is being abandoned. it is tragic, dangerous and unnecessary, imbecilic to walk away. many people, as a result of what has happened in afghanistan are going to have a deep doubt