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Karzai slams US legacy in Afghanistan as a total disaster

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Ex-president Hamid Karzai has slammed America’s failure to bring stability and combat extremism in Afghanistan.

As US and NATO troops were exiting Afghanistan, they were leaving behind a disaster, the former president said in an interview on Sunday.

He said: “The international community came here 20 years ago with this clear objective of fighting extremism and bringing stability, but extremism is at the highest point today. So, they have failed.”

Karzai told the Associated Press: “We recognise as Afghans all our failures, but what about the bigger forces and powers who came here for exactly that . . .

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