President Biden Says US Military Mission In Afghanistan Will End August 31. Not September 11 As Originally Announced

 

Daily Mail: Biden says US mission in Afghanistan will end on August 31 and insists Taliban takeover is NOT inevitable: President snaps at reporter who asked if he 'TRUSTS' the Taliban 

* Joe Biden said 'speed is safety' as he moved up U.S. deadline for mission to end 

* The White House has been under intense pressure to justify the rapid departure 

* But Biden insisted a Taliban takeover was not inevitable 

* Analysts welcomed the new August 31 deadline, saying 9/11 target handed Jihadists a propaganda victory 

* It comes as Afghan forces fight to stop Taliban taking first provincial capital 

* Militants also reportedly seized a key border crossing with Iran 

* And the head of U.K. military warned country could fall back into civil war 

* Last week it emerged that U.S. personnel slipped away from Bagram air base without telling local Afghan commander 

President Joe Biden on Thursday said the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will end on Aug. 31, saying 'speed is safety' as he moved up his original deadline of leaving by the anniversary of 9/11 despite the growing threat of civil war. 

The Taliban have made rapid advances since his April announcement that American troops would leave, but Biden insisted it was up to the Afghan people alone to decide how to run their country. 

'I will not send another generation of Americans to war in Afghanistan, with no reasonable expectation of achieving a different outcome,' he said. 

The White House has been under intense pressure to explain its rationale for rushing out of Afghanistan after it emerged that U.S. forces had slipped away from Bagram in the dead of night, effectively ending the combat mission without telling the local Afghan commander.  

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