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		</div><p>Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg is blaming a failure of Afghan leadership for the swift collapse of the country’s armed forces but says the alliance must also uncover flaws in its military training effort.</p>
<p>Mr Stoltenberg said “the Afghan political leadership failed to stand up” and that “this failure of Afghan leadership led to the tragedy we are witnessing today”.</p>
<p>His remarks came after he chaired a meeting Tuesday of Nato envoys to discuss the security implications of the Taliban’s sweeping victory in Afghanistan in recent weeks.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Spoke with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UK?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UK</a> PM <a href="https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BorisJohnson</a> and the Foreign Ministers of our Allies <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canada?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Canada</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Denmark?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Denmark</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Netherlands?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Netherlands</a> on the situation in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Afghanistan?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Afghanistan</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NATO?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NATO</a> is helping keep Kabul airport open to facilitate and coordinate evacuations.</p>
<p>&mdash; Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/jensstoltenberg/status/1426940133417361409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Nato has been leading international security efforts in Afghanistan since 2003 but wound up combat operations in 2014 to focus on training the national security forces.</p>
<p>Referring to the way that the Afghan armed forces withered in the face of the Taliban offensive, Mr Stoltenberg said that “was a surprise, the speed of the collapse and how quickly that happened”.</p>
<p>He says “there are lessons that need to be learned” at Nato.</p>
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