CNN CNN Newsroom With Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell September 13, 2021 18:35:00
But the taliban continued their relentl relentless march on remote outposts, districts, as well as the major roads connecting them. by january 2021, the taliban was in the strongest military position it had been in since 9/11. and we had the smallest number of troops on the ground since 2001. as a result, upon taking office, president biden immediately faced the choice between ending the war or escalating it. had he not followed through on his predecessor's commitment, attacks on our forces and those of our allies would have resumed and the taliban's nationwide assaults on afghanistan's major ...