KMT’s Afghanistan posts harm US ties, DPP saysAPPLES TO ORANGES? DPP legislative caucus whip Liu Shyh-fang said KMT leaders have sacrificed Taiwan’s interests to back those running for party chairpersonBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers yesterday accused leaders of the main opposition parties of tainting Taiwan’s international image and undermining Taiwan-US ties by airing erroneous messages to the world about events in Afghanistan. Democratic Progressive Party legislators hold an online news conference at their legislative caucus office in Taipei yesterday. In the 1970s, the US shifted to play the China card to contain the Soviet Union, so the US military left Taiwan. “It left chaos and the Afghan people in a very dire situation...

Source: Taipei Times August 18, 2021 15:56 UTC