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Since U.S. President Joe Biden announced on April 14 that the United States would fully withdraw from Afghanistan by September 2021, there has beendiscussion among regional observers and, according to reports, among diplomats about the possible staging of U.S. forces just over the horizon from Afghanistan.
The Taliban made clear in a statement on May 26 that it would not accept U.S. forces based in countries near Afghanistan.
In his April 14 remarks, Biden stressed that the administration would “not take our eye off the terrorist threat” and would “reorganize our counterterrorism capabilities and the substantial assets in the region to prevent reemergence of terrorists of the threat to our homeland from over the horizon.”