country takes. you the taliban who what direction the country takes- the taliban who what direction the country takes. you want an aft and inclusive islamic country takes. you want an aft and inclusive islamic government. - country takes. you want an aft and inclusive islamic government. so l country takes. you want an aft and l inclusive islamic government. so by that we mean all other afghans also have participation so of course that would be a legitimate time and deliberation and talks. the terror and anic deliberation and talks. the terror and panic at deliberation and talks. the terror and panic at the deliberation and talks. the terror and panic at the airport deliberation and talks. the terror and panic at the airport today - deliberation and talks. the terror and panic at the airport today an | and panic at the airport today an awful ending to two decades of international efforts to rebuild this country. for all of its fractures and rampant corruption, afghanistan could
prevent violence and instability. we will continue to speak out for the basic rights of the afghan people, of women and girls, just as we speak out all over the world. i ve been clear that human rights must be the centre of our foreign policy, not the periphery, but the way to do it is not through endless military deployments, it is with our diplomacy, our economic tools and rallying the world to join us. let me lay out the current mission in afghanistan. i was asked to authorise, and i did, 6000 us troops to deploy to afghanistan for the purpose of assisting in the departure of us and allied civilian personnel from afghanistan, and evacuate our afghan allies and vulnerable afghans to safety outside of afghanistan. 0ur troops are working to secure the airfield and
outside the room, did they envisage when they took on the taliban that they would be there for several years, never mind 20 years? absolutely not. i certainly remember the incursion into iraq and remember the incursion into iraq and remember the incursion into afghanistan and there was a sense in the white house that this might be months, maybe a year or a little longer to provide stability in the region and one year turned into the next and as i reflect on this i just turned into the next and as i reflect on this ijust remember that heavy sense of a dense fog of fear and uncertainty to each ensuing day where the united states medical next and what s going on in the oval office and what s going on in number ten and how we find a way out and we have seen 20 years on that several american presidents and prime ministers in the uk and in the west that have not figured out the proper answer to that very question. i read answer to that very question. i read a tweet today answer to that ver
for tropical storm grace. good evening. the white house rejects any notion that the us exit from afghanistan should in any way compare to the capitulation in saigon in 1975. but how should the world view the images we have seen today from kabul airport? amid the scramble to evacuate western diplomatic staff and with taliban now surrounding the airfield there was chaos on the runway as afghans clung desperately to one of the few military transporters that left. not quite the last plane out, but surely the enduring image of this chaotic american withdrawal. we ve heard nothing from joe biden since saturday. he s just about to appear at the white house. let s take you there to hear his comments.
white house. let s take you there to hear his comments. | white house. let s take you there to hear his comments. good afternoon. i want to speak hear his comments. good afternoon. i want to speak today hear his comments. good afternoon. i want to speak today to hear his comments. good afternoon. i want to speak today to the hear his comments. good afternoon. i want to speak today to the unfolding i want to speak today to the unfolding situation in afghanistan. the developments that have taken place in the last week and the steps we are taking to address events. my national security team and i have been closely monitoring the situation on the ground in afghanistan and moving quickly to execute the plans we had put in place to respond to every constituency, including in contingency, including the rapid collapse we are seeing now. i will speak more in a moment about the specific steps we are taking, but i want to remind everyone how we got here. and what america s interests are i