Current political situation of Afghanistan in 2021- statistics & facts
As of August 2021, the Taliban reestablished their rule over Afghanistan following the withdrawal of U.S. troops and their NATO partners. With that, the United States ended their almost 20-year mission in the country which began as a direct result of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on U.S. soil. Al-Qaida and their leader Osama bin Laden were responsible for the terrorist attacks and were at the time sheltered by the Taliban in Afghanistan, which thus led to the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the consequent overturning of Taliban rule over the country. It was then the mission of the U.S. troops and their NATO partners to stabilize the country and help establish a stable democratic country. However, it can be argued that neither political nor economic stability has been reached in the past 20 years.
