One year after Afghanistan war, U.S. President Joe Biden struggles to find footing
2 years, 4 months ago

One year after Afghanistan war, U.S. President Joe Biden struggles to find footing

The Hindu  

The 12 months since the chaotic end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan haven't been easy for Joe Biden. “And that's exactly what we did.” Mr. Biden had other big legislative wins after the Afghanistan debacle. But the Afghanistan debacle became a defining moment in Mr. Biden’s presidency, he said, marking when the American electorate began questioning Mr. Biden’s ability to fulfill his campaign promise to usher in an era of greater empathy and collaboration with allies after four years of President Donald Trump’s “America first” approach. “The images of Afghanistan are going to remain Exhibit A in the other side's rebuttal of the competency claim.” The administration, for its part, has pushed back that lost in the criticism of the U.S. withdrawal effort is that in the war's final days, the United States pulled off the largest airlift in American history, evacuating some 130,000 U.S. citizens, citizens of allied countries, and Afghans who worked with the United States. Days after the unexpected fall of Kabul last year, national security adviser Jake Sullivan promised the White House would “conduct an extensive hot wash” and “look at every aspect" of the withdrawal from top to bottom.” But that effort has dragged on and is not expected to be completed before the Aug. 30 anniversary of Mr. Biden ending the war.

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Joe Biden’s foreign policy legacy looks even worse in the rear-view mirror
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Joe Biden’s foreign policy legacy looks even worse in the rear-view mirror

The Independent  

Four years may not be so very long in the great sweep of history, but it is still hard to remember which hopes and fears gripped the world – especially in Europe – as the United States prepared to vote for its president last time around. It could even be argued that Biden’s set views and traditional Atlanticist outlook made …

Afghan special forces commander describes his shock at 'tyrant' Biden's withdrawal order: 'It felt like a dagger to my heart'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Afghan special forces commander describes his shock at 'tyrant' Biden's withdrawal order: 'It felt like a dagger to my heart'

Daily Mail  

Lt. General Sami Sadat, one of Afghanistan's most senior special forces commanders, was in the middle of an offensive against the Taliban when he heard that President Joe Biden had ordered American troops to leave the country. The order from Biden crippled Sadat and his forces, he told Congress, all before the U.S. government eventually surrendered Bagram Air Base and …

Republican report slams Biden's 'failures' for chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Republican report slams Biden's 'failures' for chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan

India Today  

U.S. House of Representatives Republicans will release a long-awaited report on Monday blasting Democratic President Joe Biden's administration for failures surrounding the chaotic and deadly U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. Trump has also attacked Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris over the exit from Afghanistan during campaign appearances, blaming them personally for the deaths at Kabul airport's Abbey …

Biden lied, pulled out US forces from Afghanistan against military advice: Report
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden lied, pulled out US forces from Afghanistan against military advice: Report

India Today  

US President Joe Biden was adamant on getting out of Afghanistan, and ignored the advice of the US military, the Afghanistan government and Nato. “During his decades-long tenure as a Delaware US senator, eight years as Vice President of the United States and nearly four years as president, Mr Biden has demonstrated distrust of America’s military experts and advisors and …

President Biden’s Central Mistake in Afghanistan
8 months ago

President Biden’s Central Mistake in Afghanistan

Slate  

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. They discussed President Biden’s Middle East moves and the ripple effects of his plan for Afghanistan. John Dickerson: The Biden team came into office with a whole lot of experience, and Bill Burns, who’s the current director of the CIA, bumps up in the book all …

US report slams poor planning for Afghanistan withdrawal
1 year, 5 months ago

US report slams poor planning for Afghanistan withdrawal

Al Jazeera  

The US State Department did not adequately prepare for the swift collapse of the Afghan government in 2021, an internal review has found, in the latest report to criticise the United States’ chaotic withdrawal from the country. Friday’s report said the decision by US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan had “serious …

Biden review of chaotic Afghan withdrawal blames Trump
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden review of chaotic Afghan withdrawal blames Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday laid the blame on his predecessor, President Donald Trump, for the deadly and chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan that brought about some of the darkest moments of Biden’s presidency. “President Biden’s choices for how to execute a withdrawal from Afghanistan were severely constrained by conditions created by his predecessor,” …

Biden review of chaotic Afghan withdrawal blames Trump
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden review of chaotic Afghan withdrawal blames Trump

LA Times  

President Biden’s administration on Thursday laid the blame on his predecessor, President Trump, for the deadly and chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan that brought about some of the darkest moments of Biden’s presidency. “President Biden’s choices for how to execute a withdrawal from Afghanistan were severely constrained by conditions created by his predecessor,” the White House summary …

Biden honors 9/11 victims, vows commitment to thwart terror
2 years, 3 months ago

Biden honors 9/11 victims, vows commitment to thwart terror

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, taking part in a somber wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon held under a steady rain and paying tribute to “extraordinary Americans” who gave their lives on one of the nation’s darkest days. He also vowed that the nation will “never fail to meet the sacred obligation …

Ron Klain DEFENDS disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal
2 years, 4 months ago

Ron Klain DEFENDS disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden's chief of staff defended the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan on Wednesday, saying 2022 would be the first year in this century that no Americans had died fighting in the country. Ron Klain, White House chief of staff, defended President Joe Biden's decision to leave Afghanistan after Taliban fighters this week celebrated the anniversary of their takeover The …

How Americans think Joe Biden has done on their most important priorities after one year
2 years, 11 months ago

How Americans think Joe Biden has done on their most important priorities after one year

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden entered office promising to end the Covid-19 pandemic, boost a lagging economy, get Americans back to work, restore US credibility abroad and heal a divided nation. On Wednesday, Biden acknowledged the need to reach out to Americans ahead of the midterm elections in November, vowing to spend year two speaking with the public and making …

Biden seeks to shift focus to domestic issues after Afghanistan exit
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden seeks to shift focus to domestic issues after Afghanistan exit

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON : President Biden is seeking to press his legislative agenda and redouble efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic after Labor Day but the tumultuous withdrawal from Afghanistan may cast a long shadow over the fall. Mr. Biden has sought to place the spotlight on domestic issues, including Friday’s underwhelming jobs report and recovery from Hurricane Ida, visiting New Orleans …

PIERS MORGAN: As 9/11 approaches, Biden's Afghanistan disaster should cost him his presidency
3 years, 3 months ago

PIERS MORGAN: As 9/11 approaches, Biden's Afghanistan disaster should cost him his presidency

Daily Mail  

This Saturday is the 20th anniversary of 9/11, one of the darkest days in American history. Biden's trip on 9/11 will be a moment of bitter shame and humiliation, thanks to his appalling mishandling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and abject surrender to the very people who helped commit the attacks by harbouring the terrorists who carried them out …

Opinion: The mistake Biden can’t afford to make
3 years, 3 months ago

Opinion: The mistake Biden can’t afford to make

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and author of the book, “Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party.” Follow him on Twitter @julianzelizer. If Democrats are perpetually stuck in a legislative logjam as the nation …

Certainly not the end of the road for the U.S.
3 years, 3 months ago

Certainly not the end of the road for the U.S.

The Hindu  

The future of Afghanistan is yet to be determined, but the debate has abruptly shifted to the future of the United States after its withdrawal from Afghanistan. At this moment, when American failures at the time of withdrawal dominate the news, it is worth recalling that the U.S. presence in Afghanistan had succeeded in containing the dangers of terrorism for …

Beyond Afghanistan: Biden turns the page on war — and the U.S. enters a new era of history
3 years, 3 months ago

Beyond Afghanistan: Biden turns the page on war — and the U.S. enters a new era of history

Salon  

While the pundits and politicians continue to argue about President Biden's decision to end the two-decades-long U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan, many of us are missing the bigger picture — and a very important point: What is the future of our involvement in the Middle East — and by extension the rest of the world? That statement may make the …

Biden's staff disgusted with withdrawal: Officials are 'horrified' citizens are still on the ground
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden's staff disgusted with withdrawal: Officials are 'horrified' citizens are still on the ground

Daily Mail  

Some within the administration do not agree with President Joe Biden that the Afghanistan withdrawal was an 'extraordinary success' Staffers inside Joe Biden's administration are 'horrified' with the Afghanistan withdrawal, do not view the mission as a success and are disgusted American citizens were left on the ground. On Tuesday night the president declared the total troop withdrawal from Afghanistan …

Afghanistan crisis: Joe Biden plays the long game as he justifies the end of the ‘forever war’
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan crisis: Joe Biden plays the long game as he justifies the end of the ‘forever war’

Firstpost  

He cited the 120,000 Americans and Afghan allies evacuated in the two weeks since the Taliban seized power in Kabul, boasting that “no nation has ever done anything like it in all of history.” The forever war is over, but the forever debate may be only beginning. “After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, I refused to send another generation …

Has the US conceded defeat in Afghanistan?
3 years, 3 months ago

Has the US conceded defeat in Afghanistan?

Al Jazeera  

United States President Joe Biden has strongly defended his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. An “extraordinary success” – that is what President Joe Biden called the end of the United States’ longest war. During an address to his nation, Biden defended his decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan before all Americans were airlifted. Presenter: Dareen Abughaida Guests: Ben Hodges …

Analysis: Biden turns to nation building at home, but the political threats he left behind in Afghanistan could come back to haunt him
3 years, 3 months ago

Analysis: Biden turns to nation building at home, but the political threats he left behind in Afghanistan could come back to haunt him

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden may have ended the “forever war” but the dangerous loose ends he left behind in Afghanistan could still thwart his attempt to throw everything at his top priority domestic goals. “We’ve been a nation too long at war,” Biden said at the White House, in another national address attempting to reframe poor impressions of his …

5 Questions Now After President Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal
3 years, 3 months ago

5 Questions Now After President Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal

NPR  

5 Questions Now After President Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal Enlarge this image toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP Evan Vucci/AP President Biden issued a stern defense Tuesday of his decision to exit Afghanistan. "My fellow Americans, the war in Afghanistan is now over," Biden said from the White House. "I was not going to extend this forever war," Biden said, "and I was …

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 …

America's longest war is over but Joe Biden's Afghanistan challenges have a long way to go
3 years, 3 months ago

America's longest war is over but Joe Biden's Afghanistan challenges have a long way to go

Firstpost  

The swift military evacuation now yields to a murkier diplomatic operation to press the Taliban to allow Americans and their allies to depart peacefully by other means Washington: With the final stream of US cargo planes soaring over the peaks of the Hindu Kush, President Joe Biden fulfilled a campaign promise to end America’s longest war, one it could not …

Analysis: War is over but not Biden’s Afghanistan challenges
3 years, 3 months ago

Analysis: War is over but not Biden’s Afghanistan challenges

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With the final stream of U.S. cargo planes soaring over the peaks of the Hindu Kush, President Joe Biden fulfilled a campaign promise to end America’s longest war, one it could not win. But in his effort to end the war and reset U.S. priorities, Biden may have also undercut a central premise of his 2020 White House …

Biden speech transcript: US completes Afghanistan withdrawal
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden speech transcript: US completes Afghanistan withdrawal

Al Jazeera  

‘I believe this is the right decision, a wise decision and the best decision for America,’ Biden said. Here is the full transcript of Biden’s remarks: “Last night in Kabul, the United States ended 20 years of war in Afghanistan, the longest war in American history. Bit it did authorise the release of 5,000 prisoners last year, including some of …

Biden says Afghanistan war ‘should have ended long ago’ as he defends withdrawal
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden says Afghanistan war ‘should have ended long ago’ as he defends withdrawal

LA Times  

President Biden walks away after speaking about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House on Tuesday. President Biden on Tuesday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, describing the frantic evacuation as an “extraordinary success” even though dozens of Americans and thousands of Afghan allies were left behind. The …

Americans back Afghanistan withdrawal, lament chaotic exit
3 years, 3 months ago

Americans back Afghanistan withdrawal, lament chaotic exit

Live Mint  

Daniella Garcia and Robert Montani both think it is past time for U.S. troops to withdraw from Afghanistan. Mr. Montani, 60, a retired financial adviser from Valley Forge who didn’t cast a vote for president in 2020, said Mr. Biden “hasn’t come out and explained or defended or taken responsibility for what appears to be a logistical disaster." I’m trying …

Opinion: Why Biden’s views on the Afghan terror attack make no sense
3 years, 3 months ago

Opinion: Why Biden’s views on the Afghan terror attack make no sense

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. CNN — President Joe Biden has instigated a crisis in Afghanistan that could leave American citizens, as well as many Afghans who helped the United States, trapped there – tarnishing the Biden administration and potentially recalling …

Analysis: Biden in turmoil as blast in Kabul raises leadership questions
3 years, 3 months ago

Analysis: Biden in turmoil as blast in Kabul raises leadership questions

CNN  

CNN — America’s longest war is ending as it began, with the nation mourning the dead of a terrorist attack and an outraged President vowing to hunt down the culprits in Afghanistan. It also shone a harsh light on President Joe Biden’s decision-making and the chaotic nature of the US withdrawal that left American troops and civilians so vulnerable, in …

Analysis: Why Biden will end the final mission in Afghanistan in just 7 days
3 years, 3 months ago

Analysis: Why Biden will end the final mission in Afghanistan in just 7 days

CNN  

CNN — The instincts that drove President Joe Biden’s decision to end the US presence in Afghanistan by August 31 were revealed by what he talked about before he announced it to the American people. Little leverage, terror threats and political imperatives force Biden’s hand Since US forces are effectively hostage to a hostile security environment, it was always unlikely …

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 …

Why Biden’s Afghanistan exit wasn’t about good politics
3 years, 4 months ago

Why Biden’s Afghanistan exit wasn’t about good politics

CNN  

CNN — In ending America’s longest war, President Joe Biden did something popular. “It’s a myth to say there was widespread public pressure on the administration to leave,” said Peter Feaver, a Duke University scholar on civilian-military relations. “If we have a big debate over who lost Afghanistan, most people aren’t going to tune in to watch,” says Democratic pollster …

Analysis: Biden’s presidency is under scrutiny as never before over Afghan chaos
3 years, 4 months ago

Analysis: Biden’s presidency is under scrutiny as never before over Afghan chaos

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden is struggling against an intensifying examination of his judgment, competence and even his empathy over the chaotic US exit from Afghanistan. “I don’t think it was a failure,” the President said in an interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News, referring to a US pullout that sparked scenes of desperate Afghans clinging to, and falling …

Can’t Blame Biden for Afghanistan Debacle; Time for US to Restore its International Credibility
3 years, 4 months ago

Can’t Blame Biden for Afghanistan Debacle; Time for US to Restore its International Credibility

News 18  

Scenes of desperate Afghans clinging on to an American military transport aircraft as it was taking-off from Kabul airport have become the defining image of the American debacle in Afghanistan. This sounded a bit like Biden falling back on his bête noire Donald Trump’s slogan of “Make America Great Again” and putting “America First”. While Biden admits that the terrorist …

Joe Biden, Boris Johnson agree to hold G7 meeting on Afghan crisis
3 years, 4 months ago

Joe Biden, Boris Johnson agree to hold G7 meeting on Afghan crisis

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, on the situation in Afghanistan and they agreed to hold a virtual G7 leaders’ meeting next week to discuss a common strategy and approach, the White House said. The two leaders "discussed the need for continued close oordination among allies and democratic partners on …

Axelrod: These are the battle scars Biden brought to Afghanistan decision
3 years, 4 months ago

Axelrod: These are the battle scars Biden brought to Afghanistan decision

CNN  

Editor’s Note: David Axelrod, a senior CNN political commentator and host of “The Axe Files,” was a senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns. Gates would write in his 2014 memoir that while Biden was “a man of integrity,” who was “impossible not to like…he has been wrong on nearly …

Joe Biden resurfaces with heartless speech on Afghanistan but it's clear that US foreign policy getting real now
3 years, 4 months ago

Joe Biden resurfaces with heartless speech on Afghanistan but it's clear that US foreign policy getting real now

Firstpost  

Despite all the finger-pointing and deflecting the blame for the debacle on to others, Biden still managed to sound unrepentant and morally superior, even claiming martyrdom at the end Amid widespread criticism at home and even from allies across the world in face of unprecedented scenes of tragedy, devastation and utter desperation from Afghanistan, Joe Biden emerged briefly from Camp …

Biden: Afghan chaos ‘gut-wrenching’ but stands by withdrawal
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden: Afghan chaos ‘gut-wrenching’ but stands by withdrawal

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — 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 had spent two decades trying to build. “I stand squarely behind my decision” to finally …

6 Political Takeaways For President Biden From The Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal
3 years, 4 months ago

6 Political Takeaways For President Biden From The Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal

NPR  

6 Political Takeaways For President Biden From The Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal Enlarge this image toggle caption Verified UGC via AP Verified UGC via AP If there's one thing an American president doesn't want to see, it's the kind of pictures that have played out on cable news of the chaos in Kabul — crowded runways of people desperate to get …

Joe Biden: Desperate scenes lay bare an Afghan defeat the President cannot deny
3 years, 4 months ago

Joe Biden: Desperate scenes lay bare an Afghan defeat the President cannot deny

CNN  

CNN — Instantly iconic imagery now bookends the lost war in Afghanistan, telling a poignant tale of a just venture born out of national tragedy ending in a chaotic US retreat on President Joe Biden’s watch. On September 14, 2001, President George W. Bush stood on a twisted concrete pyre at Ground Zero in New York and vowed through a …

The buck stops with Biden – but Trump’s role in Afghanistan debacle is a doozy (opinion)
3 years, 4 months ago

The buck stops with Biden – but Trump’s role in Afghanistan debacle is a doozy (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. And it was easy to anticipate that Trump’s boastful former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, who had delusions about the Taliban turning into an anti-al Qaeda force, couldn’t resist gloating, claiming things would be different if the former administration were still in office. But Bush …

Biden administration embroiled in internal blame-shifting amid Afghanistan chaos
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden administration embroiled in internal blame-shifting amid Afghanistan chaos

CNN  

Washington CNN — Factions within the Biden administration are embroiled in a blame game over why the US government didn’t act sooner to withdraw American citizens and Afghans who helped the US over two decades of war, leading to a rushed and dangerous evacuation. “One of the things that we couldn’t anticipate and didn’t anticipate was the degree to which …

The recurring tragedy of Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

The recurring tragedy of Afghanistan

India Today  

The American adventure has come to a chaotic end but the recurring tragedy of Afghanistan will continue for years to come. !” Senator Tom Carper, a Democrat from Biden’s home state of Delaware, said, “We cannot abandon those who fought by our side who now face mortal danger from the Taliban’s takeover.” But Biden has already moved on. As HR …

Joe Biden says he stands by US withdrawal from Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Joe Biden says he stands by US withdrawal from Afghanistan

ABC  

US President Joe Biden says he stands squarely behind his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, after the Taliban seized power in just over a week. Key points: Mr Biden said the collapse of the Afghan armed forces was quicker than expected He said political leaders gave up and fled the country and armed forces did not put up a fight …

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 …

Joe Biden says he stands 'squarely behind' Afghanistan decision
3 years, 4 months ago

Joe Biden says he stands 'squarely behind' Afghanistan decision

The Hindu  

Striking a defiant tone, US President Joe Biden said Monday that he stands "squarely behind" his decision to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan as he acknowledged the "gut-wrenching" images coming out of the country after the swift Taliban takeover of the government. “I stand squarely behind my decision,” Mr Biden said in a televised address to the nation from the …

Trump calls on Biden to ‘resign in disgrace’ over unfolding crisis in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Trump calls on Biden to ‘resign in disgrace’ over unfolding crisis in Afghanistan

The Independent  

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US Owes an Explanation to Afghanistan's Military over Where did the Slip Up Happen
3 years, 4 months ago

US Owes an Explanation to Afghanistan's Military over Where did the Slip Up Happen

News 18  

The US war on Afghanistan in the aftermath of 9/11 was backed by the largest and most all-encompassing international support ever rallied behind a state going into conflict. Fast forward to August, mere weeks after Biden’s comments, the Afghan military has surrendered or evacuated their positions against the Taliban at an unprecedented pace. What kind of ‘con’ was perpetrated in …

Biden team surprised by rapid Taliban gains in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden team surprised by rapid Taliban gains in Afghanistan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials were stunned on Sunday by the pace of the Taliban’s nearly complete takeover of Afghanistan, as the planned withdrawal of American forces urgently became a mission to ensure a safe evacuation. The Pentagon and State Department said in a joint statement Sunday that “we are completing a series of steps …

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