"Getting out of Afghanistan is a wonderful and positive thing to do," Mr. Trump said. "I planned to withdraw on May 1st, and we should keep as close to that schedule as possible." Mr. Biden announced last weekplans to pull all U.S. forcesfrom Afghanistan by September 11, but said ...
Trump defended his administration's role in negotiating with the Taliban in the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and instead slammed the Biden administration.
Biden has sounded less absolute about troop withdrawal. He has said some troops could stay in Afghanistan to focus on the counterterrorism mission. In response to a questionnaire before the election, he said, “Americans are rightly weary of our longest war; I am, too. But we must end the...
Trump defends negotiations with Taliban in Afghanistan withdrawal Trump defended his administration's role in negotiating with the Taliban in the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and instead slammed the Biden administration. September 10, 2024 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live...
Donald Trump, who has been elected as the 47th President of the United States, made remarks concerning Afghanistan during his election campaigns alongside global issues. Among the topics Trump frequently criticized were the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the abandonment of Bagram Air Base, ...
"Every single failure we've seen from Joe Biden – the Afghanistan withdrawal, a border crisis, crushing inflation, and America weakened abroad – has been delivered hand-in-hand with Kamala Harris," they said. "Not only would Harris be a disaster in the White House, but she also helped ...
Second, the consequences of a rapid exit are both predictable and unacceptable. 9/11,the worst terrorist attack in our history, was planned and directed from Afghanistan because that country was ruled by a government that ...
A US official and a person with knowledge of the plan said that theincoming Trump administrationis considering creating a commission to investigate the US military's 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. The commission would gather information about individuals who planned the maneuver, investigate how it ...
Trump actually promised to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan during his presidency. His administration set the final withdrawal in motion by negotiating and signing a deal with the Taliban in 2020 that stipulated the drawdown of US service members in Afghanistan. After Trump lost the presidential e...
withdrawal from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, she sidestepped the question somewhat. "Well, I agreed with Joe Biden's decision," Harris said, noting that there are no American troops in combat zones anywhere in the world. She did not go any further in defending the...