Biden says the U.S. will conclude military mission in Afghanistan on August 31
... [+]The U.S. “military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on August 31st,” Biden announced in remarks at the White House, saying the U.S. did not go to the country to “nation build.”
Biden called it the “right and the responsibility” of the Afghan people to “decide their future” after 20-years of U.S. military presence. All U.S. combat troops will be out of Afghanistan by August 31, Biden said, promising the pull-out would be done in a “secure and orderly way” to prioritize “the safety of our troops as they depart.”and the possibility Afghan government could collapse as Taliban forces inch closer to Kabul.
Biden said he had confidence in the ability of the Afghan military, but that it was “highly unlikely” one government will control the country after the U.S. leaves. “The only way there's going to be peace and security in Afghanistan” is if the Afghan government works out a “modus operandi with the Taliban,” the president said.“I will not send another generation of Americans to war in Afghanistan with no reasonable expectation of achieving a different outcome,” Biden said. “The United States cannot afford to remain tethered to policies created in response to the world as it was 20 years ago.” Biden said the U.S.
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