Boston Globe: As the last American forces prepare to leave Afghanistan, Biden says the country’s fate is in its own hands
WASHINGTON — President Biden pledged Friday that the United States will remain committed to Afghanistan after American forces leave the country, but said that after nearly two decades of war, the future of the country is in its own hands.
“Afghans are going to have to decide their future, what they want,” Biden said as he welcomed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his governing partner, reconciliation envoy Abdullah Abdullah, for a White House visit that felt like a goodbye.
“The senseless violence has to stop,” Biden said. He called both men old friends, and indeed over the span of America’s longest war he had met both of them: Ghani was last at the White House in 2014, when Biden was vice president.
During the brief portion of the meeting seen by reporters, Ghani said he respects Biden’s decision to withdraw US forces. “We are determined to have unity, coherence,” Ghani said in English.
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WNU Editor: This is telling. President Biden did not join Afghan President Ghani for a joint news conference. President Biden is sending a very blunt message .... "you are on your own".
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