The United States says it is up to the Afghans to defend their country, as the Taliban take more territory
President Joe Biden has said the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will end on Aug. 31, arguing that the Afghan people must decide their own future and that he would not consign another generation of Americans to the 20-year war.
They had already taken the northern provincial capital of Kunduz and Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province. U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that while the military had warned Biden earlier this year that provincial capitals would fall with a withdrawal of troops, they were still surprised at how quickly some of them were being taken by the Taliban.
Washington agreed to withdraw in a deal negotiated last year under Biden's Republican predecessor, Donald Trump. In the west, near the border with Iran, security officials said heavy fighting was under way on the outskirts of Herat. Arif Jalali, head of Herat Zonal Hospital, said 36 people had been killed and 220 wounded over the past 11 days. More than half of the wounded were civilians.
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