Biden defends US pull-out as Taliban claim victory

Wednesday, 1 September 2021Newsdesk

US President Joe Biden has defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan - a move which led to Taliban militants returning to power.

New Delhi, 01 September 2021

As per news report of BBC, staying longer was not an option, Mr Biden said in an address to the nation, a day after the end of a 20-year US presence in Afghanistan.He praised troops for organising an airlift of more than 120,000 people wishing to flee the Taliban regime.The Islamist militants have been celebrating what they call a victory.US-led troops went into Afghanistan in 2001, ousting the Taliban in the wake of the devastating 9/11 attacks, blamed on al-Qaeda - a militant jihadist group then based in the Asian country.

Source -BBC