President Biden defends US pull-out as Taliban declare victory – BBC Newsnight
US President Joe Biden has defended his resolution to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, a transfer which led to Taliban militants returning to energy. Please subscribe HERE
In an deal with to the US, President Biden mentioned staying longer was not an choice, a day after the tip of a 20-year US presence in Afghanistan.
He praised troops for organising an airlift of greater than 120,000 folks wishing to flee the Taliban regime.
The Islamist militants have been celebrating what they name a victory.
US-led troops went into Afghanistan in 2001, ousting the Taliban within the wake of the devastating 9/11 assaults, blamed on al-Qaeda – a militant jihadist group then primarily based within the Asian nation.
Newsnight’s David Grossman stories. Emily Maitlis is joined by CEO of the Truman Mission, Jenna Ben-Yehuda, and Professor of political science at Swathmore Faculty, Dominic Tierney.
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