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Deep." david rohde, welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to hear your reaction to the way this troop pullout is going. you were kidnapped by the taliban in 2008, forced to hike from afghanistan to pakistan and then held for more than seven months. i can only imagine what all of this means to you. >> well, it's understandable the exhaustion of americans, and i understand why president biden wants to pull out u.s. forces, but one of the reasons that the u.s. has struggled so much is the fact that pakistan has allowed the taliban to have a safe haven, and that's where i was held captive...

Graveyard of empires (2) By Alex Gratzek Now that U.S. President Joe Biden is approaching Afghanistan with a policy based on realism, namely to never get involved in a land war in Asia, it's important that he keep his wits about him and not fall prey to emotions and the fallacy of sunken costs. After 20 years of war, America is tired and in need of domestic reforms ― Osama bin Laden was not a dumb man. He recognized that any strike on America would cause it to lash out in anger and that's what we did. He baited an America high on the hubris of winning the Cold War into entering into a con...

20 years of war in Afghanistan The United States and NATO officially start to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan. The military mission began in 2001, aiming at removing the Taliban. But in all these years, international and Afghan forces have been unable to defeat them. Watch video 01:41

Violence across Afghanistan is on the rise as US and NATO troops formally begin their withdrawal. DW talks to journalist Ali Latifi about the pullout and how people in the country feel about it.

Home worried 1st the alliances largest member the united states announced a troop pullout without consulting its allies then another alliance member turkey marched into the syrian northeast despite the vehement objections of berlin and paris they're worried it threatens european security. but does all this add up to a threat or just a blip in nato's history nato in germany insisted today in berlin that the alliance is still alive and well even if we do have a problem. even if we do disagree from the german perspective nato is very much in our interest it's our security alliance had been. for i...