'I trust the capacity of the Afghan military, who is better trained, better equipped,' the president insisted 38 days ago.
Biden also denied that U.S. intelligence officials had assessed that the Afghan government would likely collapse.
. The Trump administration signed a February 2020 peace agreement with the Taliban that called for withdrawing all U.S. forces from the country as of May 1. Biden chose to stick by that agreement after he became president, but extended the troop withdrawal deadline to September 11. The president later moved it forward to August 31.
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