‘We Will Leave’ Afghanistan Likely This Year, Biden Declares – By Kevin Baron (Defense One) / Mar 25 2021
But not by May 1. “It’s not my intention to stay there for a long time, the question is how and under what circumstance,” the president said, at the White House.
The United States will remove all of its troops from Afghanistan likely this year, President Joe Biden declared unequivocally on Thursday, but not by the May 1 deadline outlined in the peace agreement with the Taliban signed under the previous administration.
“We will leave. The question is when we leave,” Biden said at the White House, on Thursday.
When asked if the United States will have troops in Afghanistan, Biden said, “I can’t picture that being the case.”
The president said it would be hard to move U.S. troops by May 1, “just in terms of tactical reasons,” and any decision would be made in consultation with U.S. allies.
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