US withdrawal and what it means for Afghanistan
Daily Times April 20, 2021 On April 14, US President Joe Biden announced that all his country’s troops would leave Afghanistan by September 11, 2021; and not by May 1, as pledged by the former White House administration. Indeed, Biden claimed that the US had achieved its objectives in Afghanistan, saying: “We went to Afghanistan in 2001 to root out Al Qaeda, to prevent future terrorist attacks against the United States planned from Afghanistan. We accomplished that objective”. Yet ground realities in Afghanistan contradict Biden’s talk of success. After all, there are reports of a Tal...
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