American forces begin their mission to evacuate U.S. embassy workers as Taliban fighters continue to advance on Kabul.
of Kandahar and Herat which marked the biggest prizes yet for the militant group's campaign.
"Once they have Kabul, they have the whole country," said Bruce Jentleson, a professor of public policy and political science at Duke University. Jentleson, who served as senior advisor to the State Department Policy Planning Director under the Obama administration added that he thought they could take the city"pretty soon.""That's why we're evacuating Kabul," he said, adding that he thought the Taliban's rapid gains had"suprised" President"When you give a country 20 years and hundreds of billions of dollars and American lives...
Biden, earlier this week expressed no regrets over his decision to push forward with the U.S.'s withdrawal.. “We lost thousands to death and injury, thousands of American personnel. They've got to fight for themselves, fight for their nation." Ahmed Mengli reported from Kabul, Mushtaq Yusufzai reported from Peshawar, Pakistan, and Chantal Da Silva and Saphora Smith reported from London.Mushtaq Yusufzai is a journalist based in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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