'Wise decision, Best decision': Joe Biden on ending war in Afghanistan

New Delhi: US President Joe Biden addresses the nation after the military withdrawal from Afghanistan. In his address, Biden described the US mission in Afghanistan as a success. Also said that America had no other option but to leave Kabul. Hundreds of millions of dollars were spent there and this campaign was proving to be extremely costly.

Joe Biden defends US exit from Afghan:

What we have done in Afghanistan is a matter of pride. In our presence there was peace in Afghanistan, our mission in Afghanistan was successful. I believe our decision is right and best. The war in Afghanistan is now over.

I take full responsibility for this decision. Some people say that we should have taken this decision earlier. I do not agree with this, if it had happened earlier, it would have spread chaos and civil war would have started there. Without challenges and threats, evacuation would not have been possible.

I want to make it clear that anyone who tries to harm America or who engages in terrorism against us or allies, America will not allow them to rest in peace. We will neither forgive nor forget him. We will find them and they will have to pay the price.

What Joe Biden said:

More than 1 lakh 25 thousand people were evacuated. People were fired professionally. What they did cannot be forgotten.

There was no other option but to leave Kabul and take full responsibility of the army withdrawal operation. Left Kabul for American interests.

We had prepared three lakh soldiers in Afghanistan. There have been many incidents in Afghanistan over the two decades. We spent hundreds of millions of dollars there. I didn't want to escalate the war.

There are 100 to 200 American citizens there, who would like to come to America, we will bring them, the deadline for evacuation of citizens was August 31.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. Ghani's escape caused chaos in Afghanistan, Taliban freed 5000 commandos from prison. The land of Afghanistan should not be used for terror.

We are facing tough competition from China, we are also facing challenge from Russia, we don't want to compete with them in Afghanistan, now we want to move forward in a new way. Our foreign policy should be in the interest of the country. We will always be ready to help the Afghan people, fight for women, children, and human rights. Our 20 years of fighting in Afghanistan was very difficult, this mission has proved costly for America, we have fought a lot there. I put America's honor first.

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