On 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.'
Addressing the nation for the first time on the U.S.' hasty evacuation out of Afghanistan, Biden shifted blame onto Afghan leaders for giving up as the Taliban took control.
"American troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves," the president added, as he defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. "I understand if [Biden] says that, it would resonate with a lot of people. Yes, if Afghans do not want it, why should Americans fight for it? It's a logical thing to say," Rahmani told"Afghan people did not want this to be their fate and destination," she added."However, what the leadership did is a different question."
Footage from Afghanistan showed thousand of people flooding the tarmac on Monday morning and hanging fromplanes in a desperate effort to flee the country. The last-minute scramble has caused many to criticize the administration for not being better prepared for a Taliban takeover.
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