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As Afghanistan's provincial capitals fall to the Taliban, Biden remains quiet

As Afghanistan's provincial capitals fall to the Taliban, Biden remains quiet

CBSN
Friday, August 13, 2021 07:11:48 PM UTC

As Afghanistan's provincial capitals fall to the Taliban one by one, and as many U.S. Embassy personnel in Kabul evacuate, President Biden stepped aboard Marine One in Delaware en route to Camp David without publicly addressing the situation in Afghanistan for another day.

Mr. Biden has made no remarks about the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan since Tuesday, as the Taliban swiftly unravels two decades of U.S. investments in the nation and jeopardizes Afghan lives. On Tuesday, two days before he ordered the reduction of civilian personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, the president said he didn't regret his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by the end of August.  A U.S. defense official told CBS News correspondent David Martin that while there has been no official update to the estimate that the capital of Kabul could fall to the Taliban in as little as 30 days, "it could go faster." 
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