The Biden administration is facing criticism of its handling of the overall U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
US President Joe Biden responds to questions about the ongoing US military evacuations of US citizens and vulnerable Afghans, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 20, 2021.on Sunday said the U.S. has a "long way to go and a lot could still go wrong" amid the chaotic evacuation of Americans and Afghan allies from Kabul after the Taliban took over Afghanistan one week ago.
"The evacuation of thousands of people from Kabul is going to be hard and painful no matter when it started, when we began," the president said during a press conference at the White House. "It would have been true if we had started a month ago, or a month from now. There is no way to evacuate this many people without pain," Biden said.Thousands of people have crowded the Kabul airport and some even plunged to their deaths after clinging to the exterior of a U.S. military aircraft while attempting to leave the country. Seven Afghan civiliansThe president said U.S. forces continue to make progress on evacuations from Kabul.
The president reiterated that Americans are the first priority for evacuation out of Afghanistan, vowing that "any American who wants to get home will get home." Biden also defended his decision to withdraw the U.S. from the country, arguing that it was the "logical, rational and right decision to make."
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