United States President Joe Biden said on Thursday the US military would complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan by August 31, ahead of schedule, and dismissed mounting concerns about a civil war developing in the country occupied by the US since 2001.
“The mission is accomplished in that we got Osama bin Laden and that terrorism is not emanating from that part of the world,” Biden insisted, defending his decision to keep up the rapid US withdrawal in the face of widening Taliban attacks on Afghan forces.
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![President Joe Biden said the US accomplished what it set out to do in Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks 20 years ago [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-07-08-2_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-BIDEN.jpg?resize=770%2C513)
President Joe Biden said the US accomplished what it set out to do in Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks 20 years ago [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]