HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The images we've seen out in Kabul, Afghanistan are felt here in Huntsville.
As U.S. troops have withdrawn from the country, Taliban forces have moved in by overtaking the capital of Kabul, and the presidential palace.
Our WZDX News reporter, Keneisha Deas, spoke with Ret. LTC Micah Wells with Global Ties Alabama with insight.
“It has got to be extremely sad, terrifying, that there may not be a tomorrow,” said Wells.
Wells served for 30 years total. He spent time in Italy post 9/11 for troop transport and diplomacy in the fight on the Global War on Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq.
“If the Taliban comes in and attempts to do what it’s done before, some would say pretty much inhumane. And so, I don’t think we’d like to see that regression,” said Wells.
Wells believes the people who served felt no different.
“Uncle Sam did everything in its might, you know with its will and its blood and its sweat and its tears, financial and physical to set these people up, the Afghani military and the country, to succeed,” said Wells.
“Men, or women. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, civilians, contractors; everybody that went there, wanted to see a positive outcome, and still wants to see a positive outcome,” added Wells.
Wells says what we’ve seen won’t be the lasting image of the crisis in Kabul. “It’s not over. It’s a slight retreat. But we will reorganize, and restructure, and we will support our allies,” he said.