04:45Mandatory credit: US Department of State
Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended what many have described as the USA's rushed and sloppy withdrawal from Afghanistan, at a Washington DC congressional hearing on Tuesday.
"When President Biden took office in January, he inherited an agreement that his predecessor had reached with the Taliban to remove all remaining forces from Afghanistan by May 1st of this year," said Blinken in the hearing adding, "Had he not followed through on his predecessor’s commitment, attacks on our forces and those on our allies would have resumed and the Taliban’s nationwide assaults on Afghanistan’s major cities would have commenced."
Taliban have assumed control in Afghanistan as the United States officially concluded its 20-year deployment in the country in August.
USA: Blinken defends Afghanistan pullout at congressional hearing
Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended what many have described as the USA's rushed and sloppy withdrawal from Afghanistan, at a Washington DC congressional hearing on Tuesday.
"When President Biden took office in January, he inherited an agreement that his predecessor had reached with the Taliban to remove all remaining forces from Afghanistan by May 1st of this year," said Blinken in the hearing adding, "Had he not followed through on his predecessor’s commitment, attacks on our forces and those on our allies would have resumed and the Taliban’s nationwide assaults on Afghanistan’s major cities would have commenced."
Taliban have assumed control in Afghanistan as the United States officially concluded its 20-year deployment in the country in August.
Mandatory credit: US Department of State
Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended what many have described as the USA's rushed and sloppy withdrawal from Afghanistan, at a Washington DC congressional hearing on Tuesday.
"When President Biden took office in January, he inherited an agreement that his predecessor had reached with the Taliban to remove all remaining forces from Afghanistan by May 1st of this year," said Blinken in the hearing adding, "Had he not followed through on his predecessor’s commitment, attacks on our forces and those on our allies would have resumed and the Taliban’s nationwide assaults on Afghanistan’s major cities would have commenced."
Taliban have assumed control in Afghanistan as the United States officially concluded its 20-year deployment in the country in August.