Defiant Biden stands ‘squarely behind’ decision to withdraw from Afghanistan
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#5ND7V)
President shifts blame to his predecessor, Donald Trump, and the unwillingness of Afghan forces to fight the Taliban
A defiant Joe Biden has insisted that he stands squarely behind" his decision to pull US forces rapidly out of Afghanistan while attempting to shift blame for events unfolding there to his predecessor, Donald Trump, and the unwillingness of Afghan forces to fight the Taliban.
Biden is facing the biggest crisis of his presidency after the stunning fall of Afghanistan to the extremist insurgent force caught his administration flat-footed and raised fears of a humanitarian catastrophe.
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