President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual meeting from the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington
AFTER 20 years of war against the Taliban, the US’s own spooks predict it will have retaken Afghanistan’s capital in 90 days.
Retired generals deplore the withdrawal of US-led forces.
US President Joe Biden says the onus is on the Afghans to get themselves out of this mess. “They have got to fight for themselves, fight for their nation,” he says sternly as Taliban forces capture city after city. Indeed, they should “work out a modus vivendi with the Taliban.”
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