Lindsey Graham Disagrees With Trump Backing Biden on Pulling Troops From Afghanistan
On 4/18/21 at 11:31 PM EDT
Not long after former President Donald Trump agreed with President Joe Biden s pledge of a complete withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham voiced his displeasure of Trump s remarks. He went on to bash the policies laid out by both Biden and Trump, referring to both men as generals during his comments.
Biden said he plans to pull the troops by September 11 this year, something Trump called a wonderful and positive thing to do. Trump said he had a timetable of May 1 for complete withdrawal had he still been president, and encouraged Biden to pull troops out even sooner.
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Trump supports troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, slams Biden s timeline ANI | Updated: Apr 19, 2021 18:04 IST
Florida [US], April 19 (ANI): Former US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) praised his successor President Joe Biden s decision of withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan while criticizing his timeline.
According to CNN, the former Commander-in-chief offered his support of Biden s plans to bring home American troops, he urged the incumbent to draw an end to the US longest war well before the September 11 deadline that Biden set last week.
The former President in a statement said that while leaving Afghanistan is a wonderful and positive thing to do, he had set a May 1 withdrawal deadline and added that we should keep as close to that schedule as possible.
WASHINGTON: After the withdrawal of the US and NATO troops from Afghanistan by September 11, India will have tremendous concern on the resurgence of the Taliban and the war-torn country being used as a safe haven for terrorists, according to experts here.
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that all American troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11 this year to end the country s longest war. Following suit, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) said it will also pull out its troops from Afghanistan.
Biden said his administration will ask other countries in the region to do more to support Afghanistan, especially Pakistan, as well as Russia, China, India, and Turkey. They all have a significant stake in the stable future for Afghanistan, Biden said.
US, NATO troops pulling out of Afghanistan will raise tremendous concerns for India: Experts
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But, US experts said regional countries, especially India will view the complete withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan with tremendous concern and the role of the Taliban militants after the pull out of the Western forces from the war-torn country.
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After the withdrawal of the US and NATO troops from Afghanistan by September 11, India will have tremendous concern on the resurgence of the Taliban and the war-torn country being used as a safe haven for terrorists, according to experts here.