Biden says 'chaos' was inevitable amid Afghan's withdrawal in a defensive new interview
the United States did not start mass evacuations earlier because the country’s government was worried a mass exodus could rattle the public’s confidence.to pull all remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, a choice driven by both a Trump-era withdrawal deal with the Taliban and Biden’s own skepticism of the war. At the time, Biden predicted the Afghan government will “continue to fight valiantly.
efforts to evacuate thousands of Americans and at-risk Afghans who helped with the war effort. The Pentagon began sending thousands of troops back to Kabul last week to keep the city’s airport open, but the tarmac was flooded by Afghans hoping to leave the country earlier this week, and the Taliban is nowrefusing to give some evacuees safe passage to the airport.
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Biden: Afghan chaos 'gut-wrenching' but stands by withdrawalWASHINGTON (AP) — A defiant President Joe Biden rejected blame for chaotic scenes of Afghans clinging to U.S. military planes in Kabul in a desperate bid to flee their home country after the Taliban's easy victory over an Afghan military that America and NATO allies had spent two decades trying to build.
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Biden: Afghan chaos 'gut wrenching' but stands by withdrawalA defiant President Joe Biden rejected blame Monday for chaotic scenes of Afghans clinging to U.S. military planes in Kabul in a desperate bid to flee their home country after the Taliban's easy victory over an Afghan military that America and NATO allies had spent two decades trying to build. At the White House, Biden called the anguish of trapped Afghan civilians “gut wrenching ” and conceded the Taliban had achieved a much faster takeover of the country than his administration had expected. The U.S. rushed in troops to protect its own evacuating diplomats and others at the Kabul airport.
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Former Afghan ambassador to U.S. says 'forces were willing to fight' despite Biden remarksOn Monday, President Biden told the nation: 'The Afghan military collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight.' But Roya Rahmani disagreed, 'Afghan people did not want this to be their fate and destination.'
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Biden says he did not see a way to withdraw from Afghanistan without 'chaos ensuing'
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Analysis: Desperate scenes lay bare an Afghan defeat that Biden cannot deny'Instantly iconic imagery now bookends the lost war in Afghanistan, telling a poignant tale of a just venture born out of national tragedy ending in a chaotic US retreat on President Joe Biden's watch.' Analysis by StCollinson
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