Although there were some people who were talking about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, I think you saw the world community of like-minded nations respond at about the same time. I'll be the first to say, though I wasn't in this position at the time, that the fall of Kabul happened more quickly than I had anticipated. We can talk about the different levels of relative presence on the ground, but if I put it into perspective, I think the United States had 110 planes on site. Canada, at the time, having ceased our military operations a number of years before, had two, and one of them wasn't in great working order.
On April 25th, 2022. See this statement in context.