WashU professor analyzes what went wrong in Afghanistan

ST. LOUIS - A Washington University professor is happy St. Louis and refugee safe havens are opening their doors for Afghan Refugees fleeing the county.

"Obviously things are evolving very rapidly," Washington University Political Science professor William Nomikos said. "They really knew exactly when the U.S. was going to draw. They were ready to attack the government of Afghanistan when the US withdrew. That's the big factor, they had years to prepare."

He’s been studying the developments in the country since 2012. Nomikos said the former Afghan government should’ve been better at distributing American resources and equipment. A lack of local alliances throughout the country made the quick takeover possible.

“We intervened in 2001 to overthrow the Taliban regime in Afghanistan,” Nomikos said. “We are leaving in 2021 to a Taliban regime in Afghanistan, which is obviously disappointing."

The professor said the loss of lives can never be justified but America’s presence won’t be wiped away.

"We introduced a whole generation of Afghans to civil rights, democracy holding an election, several elections," Nomikos said. "These are smart intelligent people we recruited and helped educate. If the Taliban is serious about becoming the government of Afghanistan and ruling that country. They will need a lot of these western educated people."

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