US troops should not be dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight: Joe Biden as Taliban takes over

Biden said that he stands 'squarely behind' his decision of withdrawing forces from Afghanistan and that he won't repeat the mistakes that America has made in the past — the mistake of staying and fighting indefinitely in a conflict that is not in the national interest of the United States. 

New Delhi: Calling his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan a 'right one', President Joe Biden on Tuesday (August 17, 2021) said that American troops should not be dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves. The US President's remarks came amid the Taliban further advancing in the war-torn country and capturing Kabul.  In an address to the nation on the Afghanistan crisis, Biden said, "American troops cannot — and should not — be fighting and dying in a war that Afghan forces are by and large, not willing to fight and die in themselves." He stated that the US troops had gone to Afghanistan almost 20 years ago with clear goals -- to get those who attacked America on September 11, 2001, and to make sure that al Qaeda could not use Afghanistan as a base to attack the country again.