US President Joe Biden defends his decision to pull troops from Afghanistan and holds Afghan leaders, military responsible for the rapid collapse, deteriorating situation in the country
US President Joe Biden speaks about the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House on August 16, 2021, in Washington, DC.
Biden said he was faced with a choice between sticking to a previously negotiated agreement to withdraw US troops this year, or sending thousands more service members back into Afghanistan for a “third decade” of war. He said he will not repeat mistakes of the past.Biden said he'd rather take the criticism over the fallout in Afghanistan than pass the decision to a fifth president. He said the decision to leave Afghanistan is “the right one for America.
Biden reiterated however that the US national interest in Afghanistan was always principally about preventing terrorist attacks on the US homeland - and that America would continue to "act quickly and decisively" against any terror threat emanating from the country.
Afghans rushed onto the tarmac as thousands tried to escape after the Taliban seized power. Some clung to the side of a US military plane before takeoff, in a widely shared video that captured the desperation as America’s 20-year war comes to a chaotic end.
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