Washington: President Joe Biden’s top cabinet not managed to realize he was from all US troops from Afghanistan, hoping he would take care of the withdrawal to seek political settlement, the new book said.
State Secretary Antony Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pushed for a slower Drawdown to encourage negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government, according to “danger,” a book that will come by the famous investigation journalist Bob Woodward Robert Costa.
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Blinken, old aide for Biden who had previously returned his plan to end the 20-year war, called the President from Brussels after hearing fears from Minister NATO in the March meeting, the book said.
“The new recommendation is to extend the mission with US forces for a while to see if it can produce political settlement.
When buying for negotiations,” he said, according to a part published by CNN ahead of the book release next week.
Biden, who advocated the end of the last American last decade as a vice president, was not affected and explained in the colorful language that he felt the former President Barack Obama armed to live in Afghanistan.
Biden finally said he would withdraw the troops left on August 31, saying that the condition of the regulation would only perpetuate the “endless war” where the United States had achieved its goal.
Biden’s decision was popular with the public, but he has since received criticism as Taliban – being overthrown by the US invasion of the previous 20 years – back to power in a few days when the government and the military supported by the West.
Blinken, spoke with the DPR Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday, said that NATO allies had brought “various perspectives” in their meetings but eventually supported the withdrawal.
Previous Administration Donald Trump has set a May 1 withdrawal date in an agreement with the Taliban.
NATO allies agreed “that the alternative we have to choose to stay is for the Taliban to continue the attack not only to us but on our NATO partners and allies, and to be involved in attacks throughout the country we see to reclaim the city majors – apply, for Start war, “said Blinken.
Instead, they “all unanimously support the proposition that we will go together.” Allies, including Britain and Germany openly voiced concern for decisions in Afghanistan, but no one believed that they could maintain the presence without the US military.