Western occupation of Afghanistan a ‘failed enterprise’

The western occupation of Afghanistan has been a failed enterprise at curbing terrorism, according to former US State Department official Captain Matthew Hoh. "Because it really has expanded terrorism worldwide and it has not kept the United States safe," he told Sky News Australia. "Since 9/11 Al-Qaeda has launched 62 attack against the US – thank god none of them have been as terrible or as successful as the 9/11 attacks. "But the idea that somehow occupying Afghanistan with military forces keeps us safe from terrorism I think is just not founded in the reality of one; how terrorists actually operate ... conduct these operations. "And two, by the fact that ... look at the growth of Al-Quaeda ... in 2001 the US government said there 4 international terror groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan and now the US government 20 years later say there's 20 international terror groups."

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