Original title: The Taliban occupy the fourth largest city in Afghanistan, and Biden announces another 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan
[环球网报道]According to the “New York Times” report, US President Biden once again sent 1,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan on the 14th to ensure that American citizens and Afghans working for the US government can safely evacuate. On the 12th local time, as the Taliban were approaching Kabul, the country’s capital, the United States had sent an additional 3,000 troops to Afghanistan.
Although there have been two surges in troops, reports said that Biden made it clear in a statement that he will not violate his campaign promise to end the war in Afghanistan and still plans to withdraw all American combat troops.
According to reports, as the Taliban conquered the strategic city of Mazar-e-Sharif, Biden also promised to send 5,000 soldiers in the statement. According to his estimates, there are thousands of Afghans who have worked for the United States during the Afghan War. They will face retaliation from the Taliban, so they and their families need to be evacuated.
Biden also said that the United States has invested nearly US$1 trillion in Afghanistan in the past 20 years and has trained and equipped more than 300,000 Afghan security forces. “If the Afghan army can’t or won’t keep its own country, it will be no different if the United States is stationed for another year or five years,” Biden said. It is unacceptable for me.”
On the 14th local time, the Taliban spokesman Mujahid of Afghanistan issued a statement on social media saying that he had occupied Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh Province. This is the 22nd capital city announced by the Taliban to occupy. Mazar-e-Sharif is the fourth largest city in Afghanistan and the largest city in the northern provinces.
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