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‘The buck stops with me’: Biden defends Afghanistan withdrawal amid Taliban takeover

By Robert Pozarycki and Reuters Posted on August 16, 2021
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President Joe Biden said on Monday that the mission of the United States in Afghanistan was never supposed to be nation-building as he defended his decision to pull out U.S. troops from the country.

Thousands of civilians desperate to flee Afghanistan thronged Kabul airport’s single runway on Monday after the Taliban seized the capital, prompting the United States to suspend evacuations as it came under mounting criticism at home.

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‘The buck stops with me’: Biden defends Afghanistan withdrawal amid Taliban takeover

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