The Taliban continued to take over cities and provinces across Afghanistan on Saturday as Trump and Biden blamed each other for a disorderly withdrawal of U.S. troops.
on Saturday for not"following the plan" that he left on Afghanistan after Biden blamed the former administration for empowering the Taliban, as the regime continued to take over cities and provinces across the nation.
"When I became President, I faced a choice—follow through on the deal, with a brief extension to get our forces and our allies' forces out safely, or ramp up our presence and send more American troops to fight once again in another country's civil conflict," the president said, reiterating his long-standing reasoning for the decision to withdraw U.S. forces.
Trump responded less than two hours later, criticizing Biden for not following his plan"that protected our people and our property, and ensured the Taliban would never dream of taking our Embassy or providing a base for new attacks against American," without specifying any details of this plan. In April, Trump praised Biden's decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan as"a wonderful positive thing to do," adding that the U.S. should"get out earlier." Before he left office, Trump pulled 2,500 troops and imposed a May 1 deadline for withdrawing forces. Biden announced that the withdrawal would commence on May 1, with an aim to complete the process by September 11, 2021.
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