The commander-in-chief pushed back against a question in which he was asked if such a takeover was 'inevitable' at a press conference in July.
as the Taliban entered the nation's capital of Kabul on Sunday.
The fall of the nation's government and military to the Taliban comes just weeks after Biden's aforementioned remarks. The Associated Press reports that the Taliban will soon announce the renaming of the country to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from the presidential palace. Taliban spokesman and negotiator Suhail Shaheen, told The Associated Press that the militants were planning to hold talks aimed at forming an"open, inclusive Islamic government."Another quote from the July 8 conference has also been discussed on social media, with Biden having said:"There's going to be no circumstances where you're going to see people being lifted off the roof of a U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan.
President Joe Biden calls on a reporter as he speaks about the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Washington, D.C. A clip of some of his comments from this briefing has been viewed 8 million times.
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