Beijing, October 8 (CNBC) -- According to the China Central Radio and Television Corporation's Voice of China News and Newspaper Summary, October 7 marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. war in Afghanistan. The 20-year war has brought endless suffering to the Afghan people and seriously dragged down the economy and livelihood of Afghanistan. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released a report on the 7th that nearly half of Afghanistan's population, that is, more than 18 million people, need humanitarian assistance.
The Afghan Taliban issued a statement on the 20th anniversary of the US war in Afghanistan on the 7th. In a statement, the Taliban said that the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in the past 20 years has yielded no results, only casualties and countless economic losses, and thousands of Afghans have been killed, disabled and homeless as a result of the U.S. invasion. The Taliban stressed the need to let the Afghan people decide for themselves the future of their country.