Democratic president Joe Biden It has been said that there is no “consensus” in the intelligence report how fast Afghanistan will become Taliban As the United States withdrew its troops.
Biden made his comments in an interview ABC George Stephanopoulos of News. The interview aired on Wednesday night was Biden’s first interview since the Islamic extremist militant group seized control of Afghanistan.
Stephanopoulos pointed out that Biden stated in July that the possibility of a Taliban acquisition is extremely small. “Is the intelligence wrong or did you downplay it?” Stephanopoulos asked Biden.
Biden replied: “I don’t think there is a consensus. You go back and look at the intelligence report. They say they are more likely to reach it sometime at the end of this year.”
Mark Mackla/Getty
Biden added that the intelligence on the return of the Taliban did not take into account the idea that the 300,000 Afghan troops trained and equipped by the United States are “about to collapse…about to give up.”
“I don’t think anyone expected this,” Biden said.
The President also told Stephanopoulos that American troops will stay in the country until all Americans who want to leave can leave. However, when asked about the Afghan interpreters and other allies who assisted the U.S. military, Biden was “more ambiguous,” Stephanopoulos told ABC reporter David Muir in the discussion after the interview.
“[Biden] He also promised to do everything possible to drive them out,” Stephanopoulos said of the U.S. allies in Afghanistan.
During the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, Biden faced criticism for not first withdrawing the Afghan allies who helped the United States during his 20-year occupation.
Humanitarian organization crisis expert and former U.S. Army Captain Blackhall said that the Taliban Regularly execute people who help the U.S. militaryAccording to No One Left behind, an Afghan and Iraqi interpreting organization led by veterans, since 2014, the Taliban have killed at least 300 Afghans who served as interpreters for the US military.
On Monday, the Taliban said they would help Afghans in the United States and Afghanistan NATO The army does not need to worry about their lives.
“[Such Afghans] They should express their remorse for their past actions and must not engage in activities that amount to treason against Islam and the country in the future,” the Taliban wrote in a statement.
The Taliban calls themselves the Islamic Emirate, and its statement continued: “But no one should leave this country at the moment. The Islamic Emirate will not disturb them, but instead calls on them to resume their normal lives if they have expertise in any field to serve their country. . They will not be in danger to us.”
Biden promised to provide special immigrant visas to help resettle thousands of Afghan interpreters and translators. Some people were later moved out of the country and were in an undisclosed location while the visa application was approved.
Weekly newspaper Contact the White House for comments.
