Pick for Afghan Envoy Says US Can't Afford to Abandon Effort - nytimes

In his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ryan C. Crocker, the nominee, said that the United States had abandoned Afghanistan once before, after its war with the Soviet Union in 1989, with “disastrous consequences” — the rise of the Taliban. “We cannot afford to do so again,” Mr. Crocker said. - Pick for Afghan Envoy Says US Can't Afford to Abandon Effort
US warns withdrawal will leave Afghanistan in economic crisis