US begins withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, amid warnings from critics

Summary by Krater

This video examines the challenges facing Afghanistan's security forces and the peace negotiations as U.S. and NATO troops prepare to withdraw.

From the video

Answers: What are the security challenges in Afghanistan as U.S. and NATO troops withdraw?

• Afghanistan security forces
• Taliban and Al-Qaeda relations
• US and NATO troop withdrawal
• Afghan government peace negotiations

What it concludes

• Foreign forces are preparing to go home, leaving Afghan security forces to fight the Taliban alone.
• The Taliban is stronger than it has ever been in this two decades long war.
• NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated that the premise to leave Afghanistan is conditions based.
• According to the UN Security Council report, member states report little evidence of significant changes in relations between Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
• A deep, bloody civil war looms as a more likely outcome when U.S. troops leave.