Biden sending troops to Afghanistan to help pull Americans out as Taliban surges
The Biden administration will allow refugee visas for more Afghans at risk for helping the U.S. as Taliban violence grows and American troops withdraw.Senior national security officials launched a round of urgent consultations in the last 24 hours with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. The Biden administration, which privately complains of debilitating divisions within the Afghan leadership, insists it will not change course in its withdrawal of U.S. military forces by Sept.
“This is a temporary mission ... a very narrowly focused mission of safeguarding the orderly reduction of civilian personnel out of Afghanistan,” Kirby said. Pressed repeatedly, he insisted it was not a combat mission, something that U.S. forces have not been involved in in Afghanistan for months, because Kabul was not yet a combat zone.In Afghanistan, the Taliban now appears to have taken 12 of 34 provinces, roughly two-thirds of the country.
U.S. officials say they remain prepared to assist Afghan security forces with any tools except ground troops. But at the same time, they are openly blaming a lack of united leadership in the Afghan government and the erosion in fighting forces from years of corruption for the dramatic failures that have allowed the Taliban to advance.A breathtaking run of battlefield success has put the Taliban in the ascendant and Afghan security forces on the back foot.
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