that was ten years ago. think about that. we re going to stay until we have a deal or we have total victory. i learned the hard way there was never a good time to withdrawal u.s. forces. the taliban is continuing its offensive across afghanistan. tal taliban fighters have broken through the front line. the afghan army collapsed and the central government has fallen. panic fills the air in kabul. president biden said this is not going to be a saigon. guess what? there has been an explosion outside kabul airport. 170 afghans killed. 13 american troops killed. i stand scquarely behind my decision, it s time to end america s longest war. is it a mistake? i think it is, yeah. i think the consequences are going to be unbelievably bad. i must see it s defeat for
osama bin laden was killed in 2011, a decade ago. al qaeda s capabilities were degraded significantly, including its ability to plan and conduct external operations. after 20 years, 2,641 american lives lost, 20,000 injuries, trillion dollars spent, it was time to end america s longest war. when president biden took office in january, he inherited an agreement that his predecessor had reached with the taliban to remove all remaining forces from afghanistan by may 1st of this year. as part of that agreement, the previous administration pressed the afghan government to release 5,000 taliban prisoners, including some top war commanders. meanwhile, it reduced our own force presence to 2,500 troops. in return, the taliban agreed to stop attacking u.s. and partner forces and to refrain from threatening afghanistan s major cities.
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