WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has condemned terrorism and said that the United States will never forget or forgive the terrorist attack on Kabul Airport.
Expressing condolences over the deaths of US troops at Kabul Airport, Biden became impatient and strongly condemned the blasts, saying that the soldiers killed were American national heroes. Meanwhile, he became agitated and said that he could not say who carried out the attack but some reports have been received.
Addressing the American people, Biden said that there were some reports about the attackers which would be met with force in Afghanistan. “They will not forget or forgive this attack and terrorists will be hunted,” he asserted.
During the speech, the US President said that terrorists will have to pay the price for this attack. “If we had to send more US troops to Afghanistan, we would do the same and ISIS terrorists cannot succeed, but there is no evidence of a Taliban link,” he added.
He said that if more American troops were to be sent to Afghanistan, they would send them. “ISIL terrorists could not succeed, but no evidence of ISIS-Taliban nexus was found in Afghanistan,” Biden furtehr added.
Biden said he would take every step necessary to achieve his goal, and that the evacuation mission would be completed as planned. The US President said that 7,000 people have been evacuated in the last 12 hours.
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“The evacuation process from Kabul Airport was going on smoothly. We will try to evacuate as many Americans as possible within the stipulated time. We will also try our best to get the hair out,” he added. Biden also spoke about Afghan forces, saying that the surrender of Afghan forces within 11 days had been beneficial to the Taliban.
US President Joe Biden said the former US president had agreed with the Taliban that US troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by May and that the Taliban had agreed not to attack the Americans. He made it clear that he did not want to extend the evacuation date, adding that it was time to end the 20-year-long war.
