In full: 'I take responsibility' - Biden makes statement following US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Telegraph, 01 Sep 2021
US President Joe Biden has defended the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan and said he refused "to extend the forever war" in his most robust statement on the operation to date.
He said that although some US citizens remain in the country: "The bottom line" is that "90 per cent of Americans in Afghanistan who wanted to leave were able to leave."
"I was not going to extend this forever war. And I was not extending a forever exit," he said.
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He said that although some US citizens remain in the country: "The bottom line" is that "90 per cent of Americans in Afghanistan who wanted to leave were able to leave."
"I was not going to extend this forever war. And I was not extending a forever exit," he said.
Get the latest Afghanistan news here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/31/afghanistan-latest-news-taliban-celebrate-defeating-united-states/
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