U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday in an interview with & News that he did not see a way to withdraw from Afghanistan without "chaos ensuing." Biden, who is facing mounting criticism from the public over the chaotic evacuation, defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from A...
Gold Star families of the troops killed in Kabul have long criticized Biden for failing to talk about them or the Afghanistan withdrawal debacle. The guest of Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) was clearly upset that Biden has failed to console families who want the president to acknowledge the...
Mar 19, 2021 Share This: Photo: U.S. Army President Biden is considering extending the presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan by six months until November past the planned May 1 withdrawal date. Currently, the U.S. is slated to leave in less than six weeks, according to the deal that...
There is a “general feeling” within the Biden administration that withdrawing all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by a May 1 deadline is “too soon,” largely due to the logistics of removing troops and equipment in such a short period of time, a top House Democrat said Wed...
MORE: Biden on Afghanistan withdrawal: 'It's time to end America's longest war' Meeting with Abdullah Abdullah, head of the Afghan negotiating team, Blinken added said it is the start of "a new chapter that we're writing together, and I was very eager to come as quickly...
Washington —President Biden said he stands "squarely behind his decision" towithdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistanon Monday but admitted that the swift collapse of the central government caught the U.S. off guard, telling the nation "the buck stops with me" aschaotic efforts to evacuate U.S...
Congress has set up a panel to look at the agreement. It released a report that based on the evidence, the withdrawal plan should be pushed back. Congress’s report stated that peace in Afghanistan should not be based on “an inflexible timeline but on all parties fulfilling their commitments...
The deadline for troops to withdraw from Afghanistan is just days away and the desperate evacuation of people is running out of time. TheTalibanhas met with Sky News in Doha to discuss what happens next - and issued a stark warning about the withdrawal of troops from the...
a man who yelled out during Mr. Biden's State of the Union address was arrested. USCP identified him as Steven Nikoui, 51, whose son, Marine Corps Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui,was killedin the 2021 attack outside the airport in Kabul during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan....
President Joe Biden’s planned announcement of a complete US withdrawal from Afghanistan by 11 September aims to close the book on America’s longest war, as critics warn that peace is anything but assured after two decades of fighting.