Taliban: Biden Afghanistan Extension Allows ‘Every Counteraction’ Against U.S. TroopsFrances Martel 3 May 2021
A spokesman for the Taliban marked May 1, the deadline for the American military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan to which former President Donald Trump agreed, by threatening attacks on U.S. troops in response to Biden not respecting the deadline.
President Joe Biden announced in April that he would not adhere to the May 1 deadline and instead withdraw all American military personnel from the country by September 11, 2021 — the 20th anniversary of the al-Qaeda jihadist attacks that prompted America’s military action in Afghanistan a month later. In extending the war, Biden declared that the conflict had gone on too long and he was proud to conclude it. Biden’s secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has since emphasized that America would continue heavily investing in Afghanistan in a civilian capacity long after troops leave.
The agreement that Trump’s administration signed last year required the Taliban to stop cooperating with international terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and to stop attacking American troops. In exchange, the U.S. military would withdraw by May 1. Since the United States did not keep its end of the agreement, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said this weekend, the Taliban would no longer avoid attacks on Americans, as it largely has for the past six months.
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