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- Donald Trump stated that if he remains the president, the exit of the United States will be a “very different and more successful exit.”
- The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is scheduled for August 31.
- Trump did not provide any details on what measures he will take to stop the insurgents from advancing.
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized his successor Joe Biden for not having any conditions for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and said that the Taliban’s surge of violence in a war-torn country is “unacceptable”.
Trump stated that Biden’s exit plan for the United States set for August 31 has been basically completed. If he remains the president, this will be “a very different and more successful exit.”
It is under Trump’s leadership that the United States reached an agreement with the Taliban in Doha in 2020, which will enable the United States to withdraw all its troops by May 2021 in exchange for various security guarantees from the radicals.
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When Bi came on stage earlier this year, he postponed the deadline for his withdrawal and did not set any conditions.
“If I were the president now, the whole world would find that our withdrawal from Afghanistan would be a conditional withdrawal,” Trump said in a statement.
He says:
I personally discussed with the senior Taliban leaders, and they understand that what they are doing is unacceptable.
“This will be a very different and more successful withdrawal, and the Taliban knows this better than anyone,” he said.
Despite the defeat in the election, Trump is still the largest single force in the opposition Republican Party, but he did not provide any details as to what measures he will take to stop the advance of the insurgents.
The Kabul authorities have now effectively lost most of the northern and western parts of Afghanistan, and the remaining scattered and disputed city islands are also in danger.
Some US officials worry that the Taliban may take over Kabul within three months of the August 31 deadline.
The United States signed an agreement with the Taliban in Doha on February 29, 2020, promising to withdraw US and NATO troops before May 1, 2021 in exchange for security.
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These include the promise of militants to hold peace talks with the Kabul government, not to attack the United States or its interests, and not to support al Qaeda and other organizations in attacking the United States.
After the signing of the agreement, the Trump administration drastically reduced the number of US troops in Afghanistan and continued to work on the May 1 deadline, even after the Doha agreement, the Taliban accelerated their offensive against government security forces.
Trump continued to cut the army after losing the election in November, keeping the number at 2,500 and approximately 16,000 civilian contractors. Biden was still in Afghanistan when he took office on January 20.
Biden suspended further withdrawal to review the policy, and announced in April that the withdrawal would continue, initially postponing the deadline to September 11, 2021, and then postponing it again to August 31.
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