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CHINA DAILY: Biden seems clear over Afghanistan
Despite the suggestion that the US president has deviated from his promise, his message appears unambiguous
US President Joe Biden made 67 false and misleading statements in his first 100 days in office, according to The Washington Post’s fact-checking. But perhaps not on Afghanistan. Despite the suggestion that he has tacitly deviated from his campaign promise to bring US “combat troops” home from Afghanistan, his message on this one appears unambiguous.
Less than two weeks after Biden announced a September 11 deadline for the pullout of US troops from Afghanistan, the US has officially begun the withdrawal, earlier than planned. Given the understanding that the withdrawal is not condition-based, and 9/11 is a fixed deadline for the Biden administration, which is anxious to rid itself of the unaffordable burden of the 20-year war, sending the now about 3,500 US troops in Afghanistan home should not be difficult...
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