NgoFebruwari 1, 2018, INdemokhrasi ngoku.
NgoLwesibini ebusuku, uMongameli uTrump waba ngumongameli wesithathu ngokulandelelana ukuzama ukubeka umbono olungileyo kwimfazwe yase-Afghanistan-eyona mfazwe ende kwimbali yase-US. Kwiminyaka emihlanu ngaphambili, uMongameli uBarack Obama waxela kwangaphambili kwi2013 State of the Union ukuba imfazwe iza kuphela. Kwaye emva ngo-2006, uMongameli George W. Bush wasebenzisa i-State of the Union ukuncoma i-Afghanistan ngokwakha "idemokhrasi entsha." Ngaphezu kweminyaka eli-16 emva kokuba iMfazwe yase-US e-Afghanistan iqalile, ilizwe lisekwimeko yonxunguphalo. NgoMgqibelo, abantu abangaphezu kwe-100 bafa eKabul xa i-ambulensi egcwele iziqhushumbisi yaqhuma. Emva koko, ngoMvulo, amajoni ase-Islamic State aqhuba ukuhlaselwa kwasekuseni kwi-academy yezempi emaphethelweni asentshona ye-capital yaseKabul, abulala ubuncinane amabutho e-11 kunye nokulimala kwe-16. Sithetha nentatheli yophando uMay Jeong eKabul. Esona siqwenga sakhe samva nje se-Intercept sinesihloko esithi "Ukulahlekelwa ngumbono: Intombazana eneminyaka emi-4 yayiyeyodwa yasinda kuqhankqalazo lwase-US e-Afghanistan. Emva koko Wanyamalala.”
