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因“误判”阿富汗局势,约翰逊和拜登遭到前首相梅姨和一众议员的轮番“炮轰”!(附视频&摘要稿)

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英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊18日在议会遭“炮轰”,被批对阿富汗局势作出“重大误判”。他用盟友美国“挡箭”,强调阿富汗战争由美国主导。在英国议会下院当天举行的紧急会议上,多名议员轮番批评约翰逊政府“抛弃”阿富汗政府,不少人来自约翰逊所在的执政党保守党。


党内同僚、前首相特雷莎·梅质疑,约翰逊领导的政府何以对阿富汗局势如此误判。“我们对阿富汗政府的认识这么欠缺吗?我们对当地局势的了解这么不足吗?”她质问道,“或者,我们只是觉得我们只需要追随美国?”



反对党工党领袖基尔·斯塔默说:“(我们)对阿富汗政府军的抵抗能力有重大误判,我们政府在阿富汗塔利班(实力评估议题)上的自负情绪令人震惊。”


塔利班随时可能攻占阿富汗首都喀布尔之际,约翰逊14日仍启程度假。塔利班次日进入喀布尔后,他不得不紧急返岗。包括斯塔默在内的一些政界和军界人士指认约翰逊玩忽职守。


约翰逊在回应时拿美国当“挡箭牌”,称追随美国撤军是“无奈”之举。“这场行动由美国主导,围绕着支持美国而策划和执行。没有美国提供的后勤,没有美国的空中火力和美国的力量,西方国家无法继续下去。”约翰逊同时说,英国将向阿富汗增派大约800名军人,协助人员安全撤离。法新社报道,英方已经向喀布尔派遣大约900名士兵,协助人员撤离和遣返工作。


美国政府去年2月与塔利班达成协议,分阶段从阿富汗撤军。美国现任民主党籍总统约瑟夫·拜登今年4月宣布,美军5月1日开始撤离,9月11日前完全撤出。7月8日,拜登表示,美国在阿富汗的军事任务将于8月31日结束。


拜登16日谈及阿富汗局势时为仓促决定撤军辩解,把乱局归咎于阿富汗政府、阿政府军和自己的共和党籍前任唐纳德·特朗普。






UK lawmakers condemn PM Johnson and President Biden over Afghanistan

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British lawmakers vented their anger on Wednesday at Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Joe Biden over the collapse of Afghanistan into Taliban hands, calling it a failure of intelligence, leadership and moral duty.

Speaking at an emergency session of parliament, recalled from its summer break to discuss Afghanistan, Johnson said the Taliban would be judged on their actions, not their words, after they sought to convince the world they would not seek revenge. 

But, barely a minute into his opening address, Johnson faced a critical interruption from a member of his own Conservative Party, setting the tone for what would be a sceptically-received speech about how Britain wanted to be at the heart of an international coalition holding the Taliban to account.

"We will judge this regime based on the choices it makes, and by its actions rather than by its words, on its attitude to terrorism, to crime and narcotics, as well as humanitarian access, and the rights of girls to receive an education," Johnson said.

Johnson, who attempted to head for a holiday on Saturday only to return as the Taliban closed in on the Afghan capital, was accused of "careless leadership" by opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer.

"There's been a major miscalculation of the resilience of the Afghan forces and staggering complacency from our government about the Taliban," Starmer said.

Former Conservative prime minister Theresa May also asked how Britain could have so miscalculated the strength of the Taliban, which took Kabul on Sunday in a lightning offensive.

"Was our understanding of the Afghan government so weak? Was our knowledge of the position on the ground so inadequate?" she asked her successor. "Or did we just feel that we have to follow the United States and hope that, on a wing and a prayer, it would be all right on the night."

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a plenary session at a NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 14, 2021. Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERS

ANGER AT BIDEN

The speed of the Taliban's gains after U.S.-led forces withdrew the bulk of their troops from Afghanistan surprised the West, leaving many nations having to scramble to get their diplomats and Afghans who had helped them out of the country.

Several lawmakers on Wednesday focused on the U.S. decision to withdraw - a move which Johnson admitted left Britain with no choice but to pull out its own forces - and Biden's subsequent criticism of Afghan forces' surrender.

Tom Tugendhat, a Conservative lawmaker and chairman of parliament's Foreign Affairs Select Committee who himself served in Afghanisan, told the hushed chamber that he, like other veterans, felt anger and grief.

"I've watched good men go into the earth, taking with them a part of me, and a part of all of us," he said.

"To see (Biden) call into question the courage of men I fought with, to claim that they ran, is shameful. Those who have never fought for the colours they fly should be careful about criticising those who have."

Britain has said it will welcome up to 5,000 Afghans during the first year of a new resettlement programme that targets a total of 20,000 and will prioritise women, girls and religious and other minorities. 

Labour lawmaker Chris Bryant called for the programme to be accelerated, asking: "What are the (other) 15,000 meant to do? Hang around and wait until they've been executed?"




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