President Joe Biden is defending his handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including the frantic final evacuation from Kabul airport. Video / APPresident Joe Biden is defending his handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including the frantic final evacuation from Kabul airport. "I was not going to extend this forever war," Biden said in an address from the White House State Dining Room. "To those asking for a third decade of war in Afghanistan I ask, 'What is the vital national interest?' President Joe Biden speaks about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 01, 2021 03:11 UTC