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Official closing line: The Bundeswehr ends its mission in Afghanistan with a major tattoo. For Federal President Steinmeier, the mission continues.
Berlin – Despite the failed Afghanistan mission, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier continues to call for decisive German action in the world. Germany should not shirk its responsibility, warned the head of state at the big tattoo at the end of the Bundeswehr mission. “I hope that in 20 years we will not look back at this crossroads and say: Resignation and withdrawal were the answer to Afghanistan. It would be the wrong doctrine, ”he said in Berlin.
After 20 years, the Bundeswehr ended the ISAF mission in Afghanistan together with its NATO partners in the summer. Within a few days, the radical Islamist Taliban took power again, which is why there was a lot of frustration within the troops and the public questioned the purpose of the mission. An official line should now be drawn with the tattoo and a memorial ceremony at the Bendlerblock. But the consequences of the 20-year operation will also occupy the future federal government intensively, as a report by Kreiszeitung.de shows. * Kreiszeitung.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.