US President Joe Biden refused to continue the war in Afghanistan, because it no longer conforms to the fundamental interests of the US. He opened the cause of the failure of the war on Tuesday, August 31, in a televised address after the completion of the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, it cites RIA Novosti.
He also said that the decision on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan was a “true, wise, and the best” for the US.
“The real option was to leave or to see an escalation of the situation I was not going to renew the endless war and to postpone the withdrawal of troops for an indefinite period.”, – said
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Also, Biden said those who wanted “to war three decades continued in Afghanistan,” US national interests that are only in one thing: that Afghanistan never again was not “a platform for attacks against the United States.” According to the American leader, the Washington achieved its goals there, “ten years ago”.
August 30 completed the US military presence in Afghanistan. During the military campaign US forces lost 2,461 military and civilian. More than 20 thousand US citizens were injured.