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'Imbecilic': Ex-UK PM Tony Blair slams withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan

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Tony Blair, the British prime minister who deployed troops to Afghanistan 20 years ago after the 9/11 attacks, says the US decision to withdraw from the country has 'every Jihadist group round the world cheering.' The former Labour Party leader said the sudden and chaotic pullout that allowed the Taliban to reclaim power risked undermining everything that had been achieved in Afghanistan over the past two decades.