UK-U.S. Alliance of ‘Fundamental Importance’ Despite Fiasco in Afghanistan, Johnson Says

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that he “passionately” believed in the “fundamental importance” of the British alliance with the United States, despite recent events in Afghanistan. Johnson said in the House of Commons after Dr. Liam Fox, a former Conservative Cabinet minister, urged “the UK to withdraw from the United States and reject calls to seek alternative alliances elsewhere.” NATO’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s takeover undermined confidence in the United States and led to Europe’s call for a reassessment of the transatlantic alliance. France’s finance minister, Bruno LeMaire, said Saturday that the cataclysm in…