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U.S. report on Afghanistan withdrawal doesn't reveal its real problem: China
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U.S. troops at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August. 22., 2021. /CFP
U.S. troops at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August. 22., 2021. /CFP

U.S. troops at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August. 22., 2021. /CFP

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday that the U.S. report on its withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 didn't reveal its real problems and urged the U.S. to stop waging wars and interfering in other countries' internal affairs in the name of "democracy."

"Regrettably, issues that really deserve review and reflection by the U.S. have not been reflected in the report," Wang said at a daily news briefing when a reporter asked his opinion about the report.

He listed several problems that he believes the U.S. ought to reflect on, including waging wars against sovereign states in violation of international law, interfering in other countries' internal affairs in the name of "democracy" and carrying out selective counterterrorism activities, all of which have resulted in mass civilian casualties and disruption to regional peace and stability.

Wang said if the U.S. report is just to make the next "Kabul moment" more orderly and decent, then it cannot give a responsible account to the international community.

"What the U.S. really should do is to return the frozen assets of the Afghan Central Bank to the Afghan people, lift unilateral sanctions against Afghanistan, fundamentally abandon its militaristic policy and correct its wanton aggression and interference with other countries, preventing the recurrence of the tragedy in Afghanistan," Wang said.

The U.S. State Department released the report on Friday. The report criticized the handling of U.S. troops' 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan, saying decisions by President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump to withdraw troops had "serious consequences for the viability" and security of the former U.S.-backed government and that the U.S. should have better prepared for the fall of the Afghan capital, Kabul.

It said that both administrations didn't have sufficient senior-level consideration of worst-case scenarios and failed to set up a crisis-management task force that could have overseen the situation in Afghanistan and clearly cooperate with the Pentagon in the case of an evacuation.

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