<p class="bodytext">The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan is a "failure of the international community", Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Monday, assessing that the West's intervention was a job only half-done.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"All of us know that Afghanistan is not finished. It's an unfinished problem for the world and the world needs to help it," he told BBC television.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The former British Army officer last week said US President Joe Biden's predecessor Donald Trump had secured a "rotten deal" with the Islamist militants that allowed their return.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He maintained the 20-year intervention by US-led forces in Afghanistan "wasn't a waste, it wasn't for nothing" but accused Western powers of being short-sighted in policy matters.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-Afghanistan-Taliban-Kabul-Ghani-indians-evacuation-Biden-Ashraf-Ghani-air-india-airspace-US-troops-1020181.html" target="_blank"><strong>Get all the live updates on Afghanistan crisis here</strong></a></p>.<p class="bodytext">"If it's a failure, it's a failure of the international community to not realise that you don't fix things overnight," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm afraid when you deal with a country like Afghanistan, that is 1,000 years of history effectively and civil war, you manage its problems and you might have to manage it for 100 years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's not something that you just rock in, rock out and expect something to be fixed."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wallace also said there had been "a failure to recognise that military might on its own" could not completely resolve the situation in Afghanistan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Half the mission on its own... was entirely successful," he said, pointing to the removal of the Taliban after the September 11, 2001 attacks and the death of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, which made the world safer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But "that doesn't mean that the next 20 years are going to be the same", he added, echoing concerns about the impact of the hardline group's resurgence on world security.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Britain last month withdrew the majority of its 750 remaining troops in Afghanistan, but last week announced that 600 soldiers would return to help with repatriation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wallace told Sky News 370 embassy staff and British citizens were flown out on Saturday and Sunday, with 782 Afghans scheduled to leave in the next 24 to 36 hours.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Officials are aiming to evacuate 1,200 to 1,500 people from Afghanistan a day, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Britain would help some 3,000 nationals to leave.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Senior politicians and military top brass have strongly criticised the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Parliament has been recalled on Wednesday to discuss the situation, including asylum and support for Afghan nationals who have fled.</p>
<p class="bodytext">The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan is a "failure of the international community", Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Monday, assessing that the West's intervention was a job only half-done.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"All of us know that Afghanistan is not finished. It's an unfinished problem for the world and the world needs to help it," he told BBC television.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The former British Army officer last week said US President Joe Biden's predecessor Donald Trump had secured a "rotten deal" with the Islamist militants that allowed their return.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He maintained the 20-year intervention by US-led forces in Afghanistan "wasn't a waste, it wasn't for nothing" but accused Western powers of being short-sighted in policy matters.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-Afghanistan-Taliban-Kabul-Ghani-indians-evacuation-Biden-Ashraf-Ghani-air-india-airspace-US-troops-1020181.html" target="_blank"><strong>Get all the live updates on Afghanistan crisis here</strong></a></p>.<p class="bodytext">"If it's a failure, it's a failure of the international community to not realise that you don't fix things overnight," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm afraid when you deal with a country like Afghanistan, that is 1,000 years of history effectively and civil war, you manage its problems and you might have to manage it for 100 years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's not something that you just rock in, rock out and expect something to be fixed."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wallace also said there had been "a failure to recognise that military might on its own" could not completely resolve the situation in Afghanistan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Half the mission on its own... was entirely successful," he said, pointing to the removal of the Taliban after the September 11, 2001 attacks and the death of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, which made the world safer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But "that doesn't mean that the next 20 years are going to be the same", he added, echoing concerns about the impact of the hardline group's resurgence on world security.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Britain last month withdrew the majority of its 750 remaining troops in Afghanistan, but last week announced that 600 soldiers would return to help with repatriation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wallace told Sky News 370 embassy staff and British citizens were flown out on Saturday and Sunday, with 782 Afghans scheduled to leave in the next 24 to 36 hours.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Officials are aiming to evacuate 1,200 to 1,500 people from Afghanistan a day, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Britain would help some 3,000 nationals to leave.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Senior politicians and military top brass have strongly criticised the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Parliament has been recalled on Wednesday to discuss the situation, including asylum and support for Afghan nationals who have fled.</p>