We will respond harshly if any American is attacked

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has said the United States would retaliate if the Taliban attacked US troops in Afghanistan or tried to stop its operations. He also lashed out at fugitive President Mohammad Ghani, saying he had fled without a fight. The leaders of Afghanistan could not unite for the people there.

He said the US military was evacuating Americans trapped in Afghanistan. The United States will respond if the Taliban intervenes. "We will return after the mission to call American citizens and allies is completed," he said.

He said that after the longest bloodshed in twenty years, America was ending this war. Whatever situation we see in Afghanistan today is tragic. No matter how many armies there are, no one can make Afghanistan stable and secure. That is why Afghanistan is called the graveyard of empires in history.

Biden said what is happening in Afghanistan could have happened five years ago and fifteen years later. Our army has been there for two decades. I am the fourth president under whose command our army is conducting a mission there. Now I don’t want to give this opportunity to the President in the fifth. I cannot mislead Americans by saying that everything will be all right in a few days. However, I have no regrets about withdrawing American troops.

Biden said Afghan President Ghani had fled, putting his country in jeopardy. He needed to fight the Taliban, not run away. This question should ask him why he did this, he has to answer this. He blamed his leaders for the current crisis in Afghanistan. The leaders of Afghanistan did not show unity for their people even in such a difficult time. In these difficult times they failed to stand with each other. The Afghan leaders could not even compromise for the future of the country and that is why the Taliban occupied Afghanistan.