US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the Afghan troops must fight for themselves as multiple cities have fallen to the Taliban in the past few days. Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on captured Afghanistan terrain on Tuesday, now controlling 65 percent of the country, as US President Joe Biden urged the nation’s leaders to fight for their homeland.
Biden ordered the US military to end its mission in Afghanistan by the end of this month. The US Central Command said that over 95 percent of the drawdown had been completed.
Biden said at the White House before media: "We spent over a trillion dollars over 20 years. We trained and equipped with modern equipment over 300,000 Afghan forces. And Afghan leaders have to come together," "They've got to fight for themselves, fight for their nation." The US will continue to provide Afghan forces with close air support, food, equipment, salaries and make sure the Afghan air force is operable. "But they've got to want to fight. They have outnumbered the Taliban," We are going to continue to keep our commitment," he added, saying he does not regret his decision to withdraw US troops from the country.
Meanwhile, The Taliban on Tuesday claimed that it had seized Farah city, capital of Afghanistan's western Farah province, marking the seventh provincial capital to fall to the group in less than a week.
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