US President Joe Biden said that the agreement of his predecessor Donald Trump with representatives of the Taliban movement (recognized as a terrorist and banned in the Russian Federation) helped to avoid attacks on the US military in Afghanistan.
In an interview with ABC News on August 18, the American leader stressed that he often hears statements that recently there were 2.5 thousand US military personnel in the Islamic republic, and this was enough to avoid an attack from the Taliban.
"In fact, the reason why the attacks did not occur is the previous president [US President Donald Trump]. A year earlier, they [with the Taliban] agreed that [American] troops would be withdrawn by May 1 and there would be no attacks during their withdrawal. It was done. That's why nothing happened, " Biden said.
The day before, Trump said that he considers the operation to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan the biggest humiliation for the States. At the same time, he called the very fact of the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan remarkable, but stressed that no one has ever carried out the withdrawal process worse than the current US President Joe Biden.
On February 29, 2020, the previous head of the White House, Donald Trump, and the Taliban signed a peace agreement in Doha. According to its terms, the United States, its allies and the coalition commit to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan within 14 months. The Taliban, in turn, guaranteed that they would not use the territory of Afghanistan for actions that pose a threat to the security of the United States and its allies.
The situation in Afghanistan began to worsen after the United States began withdrawing its troops in early May 2021, planning to complete the operation by the end of August.
On August 15, the Taliban entered Kabul, after which they declared the "end of the war" in Afghanistan. They intend to announce the creation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, and also demanded the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country. In turn, President Ashraf Ghani resigned and left the country.
The next day, in response to criticism of the decision to withdraw the US military from Afghanistan, American President Joe Biden said that he did not regret it. He stressed that there was no better moment for the withdrawal of the military contingent from Afghanistan, and a refusal would mean an escalation of the conflict.
