Despite the sanctions imposed on the Taliban, the United States still issued permits authorizing him and his partners to continue to provide humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan.
US President Joe Biden has said that withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan is the best option available to him to end the country's longest military campaign, adding that the other option would be a return to war.
"I will not prolong this war forever, and I will not prolong the outing forever," he said in a televised address Tuesday, just hours after the death of the last of the US soldiers. .
“We have achieved what we set out to do in Afghanistan over ten years ago. And we stayed another decade. It is time to end this war. This Afghanistan decision is not just about Afghanistan. It is about ending an era of massive military operations to rebuild other countries, ”he said.
The Taliban, who have taken control of the country for the second time, celebrate their victory, claiming that Afghanistan is finally a "free and sovereign" country. Taliban
spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said their victory should be "a lesson" for the United States.
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