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Biden Likely to Continue 'Endless Wars' in Afghanistan

Biden Likely to Continue 'Endless Wars' in Afghanistan

Biden Likely to Continue 'Endless Wars' in Afghanistan
Feb 26, 2021 1 min, 2 secs

Former President Donald Trump’s goal of exiting endless wars may have left the White House with him, as President Joe Biden appears to be keeping American soldiers in Afghanistan past the May 1, 2021, deadline.

Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) said he favors seeking an extension of the May 1 deadline for withdrawing troops that Trump and the Taliban negotiated last year, allowing time for diplomats to negotiate an agreement between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

The United States has gone a year without a combat-related casualty in Afghanistan, even as the Taliban warns of renewed attacks.

“We’ve got to be able to assure the world and the American public that Afghanistan will not be a source of planning, plotting to project terrorist attacks around the globe,” he added, “that’s the minimum.

The director-general of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar has also shed light on Pakistan’s regional position, explaining Afghanistan has changed from its past vulnerabilities.

Top lawmakers on Capitol Hill say they expect at least some of the 2,500 American forces stationed in Afghanistan to remain past the May 1, 2021 date set out in an agreement Trump struck with the Taliban last year.

forces in Afghanistan beyond a negotiated drawdown date of May.

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