Not long ago, the White House released an investigative report on the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, admitting there were "massive intelligence failures" in the process and blaming the previous administration for the hasty withdrawal.

The United States should know that military withdrawal does not mean it can wash its hands of responsibility. The world knows that the 20-year war launched by the US is to blame for all the difficulties Afghanistan is facing, and has been calling on the US to lift all the unilateral sanctions on Afghanistan and to stop creating new humanitarian crises in the war-torn country.

As American scholar John Mearsheimer says, the US is increasing conflicts in the international system and creating instability. The US' military conquest of Afghanistan did not bring it peace, instead it brought it endless conflict and turmoil. The number of terrorist organizations in Afghanistan has increased from single digits 20 years ago to more than 20 today. The US promised to help Afghanistan build a "democratic and prosperous" country, but all it left behind was instability and poverty.

The US has acted as a "backstage manipulator", provoking wars in other countries and regions. Between 2017 and 2020, the Pentagon launched 23"proxy wars" in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. Apart from destroying global peace and development, the US is also proving to be a stumbling block to human rights.

In recent years, the US has increasingly imposed sanctions on other countries, greatly weakening human rights protection in those countries. As of the end of fiscal 2021, the US had more than 9,400 sanctions in effect, making it the world's only "sanctions-imposing superpower". A Brookings Institution analysis says 13,000 more people may have died in Iran at the height of the pandemic because of the continuing US sanctions.

The US' arbitrary imposition of sanctions has invited strong condemnation from the international community. In November, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution for the 30th time, supported by 185 countries, condemning the US embargo on Cuba.

Although the US keeps pointing a finger at human rights in other countries, it is the biggest destroyer of human rights internationally. The US should stop bullying other countries under the guise of human rights and do something that is conducive to its development.

-PEOPLE'S DAILY