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Former U.S. president Donald Trump entered into a peace agreement with Islamic Fundamentalism, Taliban, last year. U.S. president Joe Biden followed the agreement and decided that the U.S. army would withdraw from Afghanistan by 31th August in 2021.

Taliban gained control of many cities in Afghanistan while the U.S. army was leaving Afghanistan, and surrounded the capital city of Afghanistan, Capul. Joe Biden didn't change his decision to leave Afghanistan even after this scenario unfolded. He said that the Afghanistan army was trained by the U.S. army and had good weapons, so Capul was not easily conquered by the Taliban. However, the capital city was seized by the Taliban within a day. The president of Afghanistan fled and the Afghanistan army allowed the Taliban to enter the capital city without resistance.

The Afghanistan army was randomly put together and has low morale. On the other hand, Taliban's soldiers have high morale due to their beliefs. The Taliban could easily defeat the Afghanistan army after the U.S. army withdrew.

While the Taliban governs Afghanistan, the U.S. army protects airports in Afghanistan and evacuates embassy staff and the U.S. citizens working there. But the Afghanistan people who fear the Taliban can not flee, and people who helped the U.S. and Afghanistan governments have not been able to escape from Afghanistan, even though they may be killed by the Taliban.

Why does the U.S. government rush to withdraw the U.S. army from Afghanistan? Both the U.S. army and Taliban should have laid down arms at the same time. It is said that the Taliban ignores human rights. The world must demand that the Taliban respects human rights.