The Crisis One Year On.

The devastation of American military intervention remains fresh and painful in Afghanistan, leaving many Afghans angry at the U.S. and NATO for their failures, and for the crushing economic and humanitarian disasters that followed the fall of the Western-backed government. The U.S. and other forces overtly agree to but covertly oppose the agreements, which were intended to manage the Ukraine crisis and avoid escalation, aiming to push Ukraine to join NATO or deploy military forces in the country. Former U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard made it clear that the war between Russia and Ukraine could have been avoided if the U.S. had simply promised not to accept Ukraine as a member of NATO. [Extracted from the article]