And run out of russia our Moscow Correspondent Sarah rainsford Files Herfinal Report from the country after Being laBelled a threat to national security. Good evening. Im Christian Fraser in london. Tonight, a hugely symbolic moment. The commander in chief, Joe Biden, addressing the nation to formally put an the end to the united states longest war. Last night, it was the pentagon that confirmed the details of the final withdrawal. The president preferring to put some space Between the operational details and the much bigger, more poignant Questions America is asking of itself and of their president. What was It For if the taliban are now back in power . By by the time i came to office, the taliban was in its Progress Military Position since 2001. Controlling or contesting nearly half of the country. We were left for a simple decision. Eitherfollow country. We were left for a simple decision. Either follow through on the agreement made by the last administration and leave afghanistan o
This is bbc news with me christian fraser. in the last half hour, joe biden has spoken about the us s withdrawal from afghanistan after 20 years of war. the us president paid tribute to american military for their service in afghanistan, but made clear what he believes us foreign policy now needs to change. this is a new world. the terror threat has metastasized well away from afghanistan. in kabul, american uniforms, american weapons, but now worn by the taliban the spoils of a war that was the us s longest military mission. now it has ended in the worst of ways, and it will live long in memory, here in afghanistan, in america and far beyond.
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Sooner. it could not had this been donein sooner. it could not had this been done in a more orderly manner. i respectfully disagree. imagine if we had begun evacuations injune or july, bringing in thousands of american troops and evacuating more than 120,000 people in the middle of a civil war. let s go to gary in washington. throughout the last few weeks there have been questions about withdrawal and whether it could ve been done sooner or handled better or prevented the loss of life. but again tonight he wanted to return to bigger question. he again tonight he wanted to return to bigger question- again tonight he wanted to return to bigger question. he did, although he did send bigger question. he did, although he did spend some bigger question. he did, although he did spend some time bigger question. he did, although he did spend some time defending - bigger question. he did, although he did spend some time defending what had happened over the last few weeks and last had happe
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