‘Taliban is not the North Vietnamese army’: Biden comment resurfaces as US evacuates citizens from Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Taliban is not the North Vietnamese army’: Biden comment resurfaces as US evacuates citizens from Afghanistan

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Last month, speaking to reporters at the White House, Mr Biden said the Taliban was “not remotely comparable” to the North Vietnamese Army “in terms of capability”. The militant group entered the presidential palace and declared the war “over” on Monday morning leading to chaotic scenes as residents fear for their future in the Taliban ruled state. “This is manifestly not Saigon,” the US secretary of state Antony Blinken told ABC’s This Week.

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Taliban is helping US, Joe Biden's off-the-cuff remark. Then, an explanation
1 year, 5 months ago

Taliban is helping US, Joe Biden's off-the-cuff remark. Then, an explanation

Hindustan Times  

US president Joe Biden said that Washington is getting the help from Afghanistan's Taliban to 'end' Al-Qaeda threat, contradicting a UN report released last month that said Taliban maintains "strong and symbiotic" ties with Al-Qaeda, and that the latter "is rebuilding operational capability" on Afghan soil. When a reporter asked if he admitted to mistakes during the withdrawal from Afghanistan …

Taliban must allow departures from Afghanistan, Blinken says
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban must allow departures from Afghanistan, Blinken says

Al Jazeera  

Top US diplomat criticises new Afghan government but says administration’s engagement with the Taliban will continue. The new Taliban-led Afghan government must live up to its commitments to allow safe passage for those looking to leave Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Enabling the departures of people seeking to leave, “preventing terrorist groups from using Afghanistan as …

Biden says chaotic Kabul withdrawal was a SUCCESS
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden says chaotic Kabul withdrawal was a SUCCESS

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the troop withdrawal from Kabul that left 13 US service members dead was an 'extraordinary success' and blamed Donald Trump and local soldiers for the mess in Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the US troop withdrawal from Kabul was an 'extraordinary success' and blamed Donald Trump and local …

Taliban actions to be monitored, says Biden as US to lead in supporting Afghan refugees
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban actions to be monitored, says Biden as US to lead in supporting Afghan refugees

India TV News  

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday that Taliban will be judged by their actions and G7 leaders, EU, NATO and United Nations would respond to the terror group's behaviour accordingly, while collectively agreeing to support refugees and evacuees that are currently fleeing Afghanistan. Biden said the US and other G7 nations has discussed their "mutual obligation" to support refugees and …

Opinion | There is a new enemy in town and it is not the Taliban
3 years, 4 months ago

Opinion | There is a new enemy in town and it is not the Taliban

Firstpost  

Did you hear about the big coup this week? The Taliban’s real coup was the way they won over the entire global liberal elite within a span of two days. There is a new enemy in town, and it is those of us who happen to remember last week, back when the Taliban themselves were considered “Islamist insurgents." The most …

Logical, rational: US President Joe Biden defends troops withdrawal from Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Logical, rational: US President Joe Biden defends troops withdrawal from Afghanistan

India Today  

Amid deepening crisis in Afghanistan, United States President Joe Biden defended his move to withdraw troops from the country, saying history will record this as a "logical, rational, and right decision". Indian-American politician and former US envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley said earlier in the day, "They have surrendered the American people and actually withdrew our troops before …

Biden Touts 'Incredible' Evacuation Operation From Kabul, But Warns Of Ongoing Danger
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden Touts 'Incredible' Evacuation Operation From Kabul, But Warns Of Ongoing Danger

NPR  

Biden Touts 'Incredible' Evacuation Operation From Kabul, But Warns Of Ongoing Danger Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President Biden said on Sunday that the U.S. has evacuated nearly 28,000 people from Afghanistan since Aug. 14, including around 11,000 people in about 36 hours over the weekend. Biden said the administration's …

Biden to address chaotic Kabul evacuation amid criticism
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden to address chaotic Kabul evacuation amid criticism

India TV News  

Facing a firestorm of criticism, President Joe Biden plans to speak Friday about the chaotic evacuation of Americans and allies from Afghanistan as the U.S. struggles with obstacles ranging from armed Taliban checkpoints to paperwork problems. While Biden has previously blamed Afghans for the U.S. failure to get out more allies ahead of this month's sudden Taliban takeover, U.S. officials …

Biden focuses on ‘getting this job done’ as chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan grows desperate
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden focuses on ‘getting this job done’ as chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan grows desperate

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden on Friday tried to put an optimistic face on the chaotic evacuations taking place at Kabul’s airport as American forces scramble to remove US citizens and vulnerable Afghans from Afghanistan. They’re incredible.” The US military used helicopters to evacuate 169 Americans from a hotel near Kabul’s airport, Kirby said Friday evening, providing new details about …

Biden’s allies and critics battle over whether fall of Kabul is his ‘Saigon moment’
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden’s allies and critics battle over whether fall of Kabul is his ‘Saigon moment’

The Independent  

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Biden: Troops will stay in Afghanistan to evacuate Americans
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden: Troops will stay in Afghanistan to evacuate Americans

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is committed to keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan until every American is evacuated, even if that means maintaining a military presence there beyond his Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawal. In an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Biden said the U.S. will do “everything in our power” to evacuate Americans and …

'Response will be swift, forceful if US interests attacked', President Joe Biden warns Taliban
3 years, 4 months ago

'Response will be swift, forceful if US interests attacked', President Joe Biden warns Taliban

India TV News  

US President Joe Biden on Monday addressed the nation about the status of US evacuation from Afghanistan. A defiant President Joe Biden rejected blame Monday for chaotic scenes of Afghans clinging to U.S. military planes in Kabul in a desperate bid to flee their home country after the Taliban’s easy victory over an Afghan military that America and NATO allies …

Analysis: Defiant Biden is face of chaotic Afghan evacuation
3 years, 4 months ago

Analysis: Defiant Biden is face of chaotic Afghan evacuation

Associated Press  

Four presidents share responsibility for the missteps in Afghanistan that accumulated over two decades. “Here’s what I believe to my core: It is wrong to order American troops to step up when Afghanistan’s own armed forces would not,” said Biden. The evacuation received condemnation at home and abroad, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel calling the latest developments “bitter, dramatic and …

Biden Administration Jumpstarts Evacuations Of Americans And Afghan Allies
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden Administration Jumpstarts Evacuations Of Americans And Afghan Allies

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING U.S. forces are rushing to evacuate thousands of Americans and Afghans who worked with the United States out of Afghanistan now that Taliban militants have taken over the country, State Department and Pentagon officials said on Sunday. The State Department said Sunday night that all personnel had been evacuated from the U.S. Embassy and moved to the …

Afghan government discouraged us: US President Joe Biden on delay in evacuations
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghan government discouraged us: US President Joe Biden on delay in evacuations

India Today  

The Afghan government discouraged the US from carrying out evacuations any earlier, US President Joe Biden said. Afghans clinging to a US military aircraft at Kabul airport on Monday | Credits: AP Reiterating that "no amount" of force can guarantee a "united" Afghanistan, US President Joe Biden said Afghan political leadership failed to come together to negotiate the future of …

Four key questions for the US after the Taliban’s Kabul takeover
3 years, 4 months ago

Four key questions for the US after the Taliban’s Kabul takeover

Al Jazeera  

US officials appear surprised by the Taliban’s rapid advance, raising new questions over how Joe Biden will proceed. But Biden and his top officials have continued to defend the withdrawal timeline, with the national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, saying the Taliban’s swift takeover proved the futility of continued US involvement in Afghanistan. On Sunday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said …

Our mission in Afghanistan is successful, says U.S. Secretary of State Blinken
3 years, 4 months ago

Our mission in Afghanistan is successful, says U.S. Secretary of State Blinken

The Hindu  

US embassy staff in Kabul were being moved Sunday to the airport as Taliban forces advanced on the Afghan capital, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. The Taliban were on the brink of total victory, with their fighters ordered to wait on the outskirts of Kabul and the government conceding it was preparing for a “transfer of power.” “It’s why …

‘This is not Saigon’: Blinken defends US evacuations from Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

‘This is not Saigon’: Blinken defends US evacuations from Kabul

Al Jazeera  

US secretary of state defends Washington’s drawdown of personnel from Afghan capital amid rapid advance by the Taliban. “We went to Afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission, and that mission was to deal with the folks who attacked us on 9/11 – and we have succeeded in that mission.” A photo that immortalised the US’s defeat in Vietnam, showing …

US sending more troops to Afghanistan for personnel drawdown
3 years, 4 months ago

US sending more troops to Afghanistan for personnel drawdown

Al Jazeera  

US President Joe Biden says his administration warned Taliban against any action putting US personnel at risk. The United States will send additional troops to Afghanistan to help draw down the American embassy in Kabul and remove personnel, President Joe Biden has announced, as the Taliban seized control of the country’s north in another major setback for the Afghan government. …

Kabul evacuations: Echoes of 1975 US exit from Vietnam’s Saigon?
3 years, 4 months ago

Kabul evacuations: Echoes of 1975 US exit from Vietnam’s Saigon?

Al Jazeera  

Back in June, as Taliban built momentum, Biden himself addressed Saigon parallels and dismissed them out of hand. Thousands of US soldiers being sent to Afghanistan to evacuate embassy staff from Kabul as the Taliban pushes towards the city has revived memories of the fall of Saigon. “The latest news of a further drawdown at our embassy and a hasty …

Opinion: The Biden administration has a life-or-death decision to make about Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Opinion: The Biden administration has a life-or-death decision to make about Afghanistan

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Matt Zeller is a US Army veteran. CNN — As America’s war in Afghanistan comes to an end, many see the inevitable parallels to Vietnam – a long aimless war, a determined enemy ready to out bleed us, and now an evacuation reminiscent of the chaos of Saigon’s final hours. Afghanistan is a landlocked country – we do …

US speeds Afghanistan withdrawal as Biden sets August deadline
3 years, 5 months ago

US speeds Afghanistan withdrawal as Biden sets August deadline

Al Jazeera  

President Biden says peace in Afghanistan can only come through renewed talks with Taliban even as fighting escalates. United States President Joe Biden said on Thursday the US military would complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan by August 31, ahead of schedule, and dismissed mounting concerns about a civil war developing in the country occupied by the US since 2001. The …

Afghanistan: Biden says he ‘can’t picture’ US troops being in country next year
3 years, 8 months ago

Afghanistan: Biden says he ‘can’t picture’ US troops being in country next year

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Joe Biden said he “can’t picture” US troops being in Afghanistan next year. Asked if he saw US troops present in Afghanistan next year, Biden said, “I can’t picture that being the case.” Biden pointed to two senior administration officials who have been consulting with allies and the Afghans on the path forward on Afghanistan. “We’ve …

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