US President Joe Biden admitted on Monday that the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban retaking control happened more quickly than Washington had anticipated, insisted that ending America’s 20-year war was the correct decision. But Biden refused to back away from his decision to end the American military’s ...
The United States has launched an evacuation of diplomats from its embassy in Afghanistan, Reuters reported citing anonymous officials. “We have a small batch of people leaving now as we speak, a majority of the staff are ready to leave… the embassy continues to function”, one diplomat said. According to ...