Father Mbaka: Why Nigeria Can’t End Up Like Afghanistan, US Envoy Reveals Top Secret
Following recent comment by Father Mbaka, US Envoy Reveals Why Nigeria Can’t End Up Like Afghanistan
The United States has assured Nigeria that a repeat of what happened in Afghanistan won’t happen in the West Africa country.
Nigeria Can’t End Up Like Afghanistan
The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, gave the assurance on Monday during a meeting with journalists in Abuja.
The ambassador explained that Nigeria and Afghanistan’s situations are not the same.
Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka had warmed against a repeat of what happened in Afghanistan, where the Taliban took over the country.
After over 20 years the US military announced the departure of the last US troops from Afghanistan Monday, with the Taliban seizing control of the country.
US troops led a NATO coalition to eject the Taliban from power in 2001 after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States by Al-Qaeda, which was based in Afghanistan and protected by the Taliban.
Nigeria Can’t End Up Like Afghanistan
Leonard noted that Nigeria has had a strong bilateral relationship with the US, saying that the situations are not the same.
While allaying fear that the US partnership with Nigeria might end up like that of Afghanistan, she added, “I hear people making the analogy with Afghanistan a lot, it does not match up.
“When you listen to what President Biden said on how troops went to Afghanistan in the first place, it was because they were in a horrible tragedy, over 3,000 Americans were killed.
“That is a different construct. The sovereign nations who have had strong bilateral relations. I don’t actually think the two match up.”
Nigeria Can’t End Up Like Afghanistan
