President Biden and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. June 25
Time: Frustration Builds Between Biden White House and Afghan Leaders over Taliban's Swift Advance
The fast-moving Taliban advances in Afghanistan have fed discontent between the Afghan government and the Biden White House, as the longtime allies blame each other for the tactical defeats that have allowed the militants to seize control of eight of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals.
Since April, when President Joe Biden announced the U.S. would withdraw troops from Afghanistan by the end of August, U.S. commanders have made recommendations to Afghan leaders on how to position Afghan troops, consolidate defenses, utilize the Afghan Air Force and prepare for Taliban advances, but say multiple senior Biden Administration officials, only some of that advice has been followed.
Earlier this month, Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani blamed the increase in attacks on Washington’s abrupt decision to withdraw.
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WNU Editor: When President Biden announced in May that US forces were going to leave Afghanistan by September 11, later changed to August 31, Afghan leaders warned the White House that this unilateral and quick withdrawal would destabilize the security situation in the country.
They were ignored by the Biden administration.
Flash forward to today, and all the warnings that were ignored three months ago are now coming true.
President Biden's earlier promises and commitments to support the Afghan government once the US has left are also now being exposed as untrue. The US has clearly abandoned Afghanistan to its fate, and what frustrates the White House right now is that their credibility, or lack of, has been exposed.
My prediction is that in the coming weeks and months the US political, military, and intelligence communities with the aid of the main stream media will shift the blame for the disaster that is unfolding in Afghanistan onto the Afghans themselves. The above Time article will be the first of many that will push this narrative.
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