In remarks Monday, President Biden said the options were either to honor the agreement or to send additional troops and continue the war.
Amid the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Biden said Monday that his decision to pull American forces from the country stemmed from a deal that former President Donald Trump’s administration had negotiated with the Taliban.
President Biden delivers remarks on the worsening crisis in Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House on Monday. “I’ll say this for the Taliban,” Trump said in March 2020 after the deal was signed. “They’re great fighters. You know that obviously. They’re great fighters. All you have to do is ask the Soviet Union. Are they great fighters? They are great fighters. But they’re tired also. This is 19 years, 19 years.”
U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s top political leader, sign a peace agreement between the Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 29, 2020.
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