US President Biden said that it was the best option to withdraw American troops frp, Afghanistan to end the largest war. Biden said that the withdrawal of American troops was the best available option for him to end to country’s longest military campaign.
“I was not going to extend this forever war, and I was not extending a forever exit,” he said in a televised address on Tuesday, just hours after the last US soldiers evacuated from Kabul airport ending 20 years of war.
“We succeeded in what we set out to do in Afghanistan over a decade ago. And we stayed for another decade. It was time to end this war. This decision about Afghanistan is not just about Afghanistan. It’s about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries,” he said.
The Taliban, which seized control of the country for the second time, celebrated their victory, saying that Afghanistan is finally a “free and sovereign” nation.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said their victory should serve “as a lesson” for the United States.
UK in talks with Taliban to evacuate British citizens, Afghans
The United Kingdom has opened talks with the Taliban to secure “safe passage” out of Afghanistan for its citizens and Afghans who have worked for the British government.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s special representative for Afghan transition, Simon Gass, flew to Doha, Qatar, to meet Taliban representatives, according to a government statement late on Tuesday.
A plane carrying 175 Afghans fleeing their strife-torn homeland arrived in Mexico on Tuesday night on one of the last flights to leave Kabul on the day US forces completed its withdrawal.
The Afghans have been granted entry by Mexico on humanitarian grounds. The group include women and children as well as journalists from TOLO TV and Arman FM radio.
