Mary Leonard, the US Ambassador to Nigeria said that Boko Haram insurgents could not use the Afghanistan situation to take over the country.
US Ambassador Mary Leonard, gave the assurance on Monday, August 30, during a meeting with journalists in Abuja.
The United States assured that a repeat of what happened in Afghanistan won’t happen anywhere in the West Africa country.
The ambassador explained that Nigeria and Afghanistan’s situations are not the same.
The report said that some Nigerians had warned President Muhammadu Buhari against a repeat of what happened in Afghanistan, where the Taliban took over the country.
They expressed fear that the situation in Afghanistan may serve as a morale booster for Boko Haram in Nigeria to take over the country.
Leonard says Afghanistan situation different from Nigeria's
Commenting on the incident, Leonard said what happened in Afghanistan would not be repeated in Nigeria as the situations are different.
She said the US troops invaded Afghanistan in 2001 because of the killing of over 3,000 Americans.
Leonard stated:
“I hear people making the analogy with Afghanistan a lot, it does not match up. When you listen to what President Biden said on how troops went to Afghanistan in the first place, it was because they were in a horrible tragedy, over 3,000 Americans were killed."
