Amisom should learn from Afghan chaos to avert war in Somali
Amisom should utilise its existing military capabilities to back its negotiating position and strengthen the Somali government. So that when withdrawal does take place it is an orderly, honourable, and stable one. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Over the past few weeks, the world has watched both horror and fascination scenes from Afghanistan. Fascination as the Taliban marched into Kabul without firing a shot and the US not so orderly exit from a country it had controlled for 20 years.
The horror of the Kabul situation was because the Horn of Africa has its own “forever war’’. If we do not learn from the chaos that ensued in Kabul, we could see the same closer to home.
