During the fall of Kabul, President of the United States Joe Biden for 36 hours ignored the calls of British Johnson Prime Minister. This is reported by the newspaper New York Post.
Johnson began to call Biden in the morning on Monday, August 16. The American leader took the phone only the next day, on August 17, at 22:00 on London time (in the United States was 17:00). Waiting accounted for a while when in the Kabul airport, the desperate Afghans clung to the chassis of aircraft in an attempt to flee from the country. At this time, Biden, according to The Washington Post, was on vacation in the Camp David country residence in Maryland.
It is known that when Johnson was still able to reach the American president, he called him not to give up “achieved in Afghanistan.”
In the official report of the White House, which came out on the basis of a telephone conversation of two leaders, it is said that they noted “the need to continue close coordination between the allies to develop general policies on the Afghan issue.” They also agreed to conduct a virtual meeting of the leaders of the Big Seven countries.
In the British Parliament, Byyden and Johnson, they were tight criticized for their approach to Afghan politics. The British Premier recalled his old statements that from his point of view, the fall of Kabul is almost impossible.
In turn, Johnson promised to compensate for the departure of Afghanistan with asylum to 20 thousand Afghans who collaborated with British troops. He also stressed that she was still confident that it was not possible to remain in Afghanistan possible. “I really think this is an illusion – to believe that among our partners there is a desire to continue NATO’s military presence in Afghanistan,” said the British Prime Minister.
The Taliban grouping (a terrorist organization forbidden in Russia) was able to seize power in Afghanistan during the week. On Sunday, August 8, the first reports began to receive the seizure of large provincial capitals. On August 12, herat and Kandahar – the two of the largest countries in Kabul of the country on August 15, terrorists declared the seizure of the capital. The government of President Ashraf Gani almost fully fled from the country.