{"id":645120,"date":"2021-08-14T18:50:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T22:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=645120"},"modified":"2021-08-14T18:50:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T22:50:35","slug":"biden-deploys-more-troops-to-afghanistan-to-protect-those-at-special-risk-from-the-taliban-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-deploys-more-troops-to-afghanistan-to-protect-those-at-special-risk-from-the-taliban-advance\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Deploys More Troops To Afghanistan To Protect \u2018Those At Special Risk From The Taliban Advance\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-deploys-more-troops-to-afghanistan-to-protect-those-at-special-risk-from-the-taliban-advance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=645120&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234649106-scaled-e1628975520238.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden authorized about 5,000 troops to deploy to Afghanistan to ensure the safe evacuation of U.S. and allied personnel, according to a White House statement Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden said the deployment will protect \u201cthose at special risk from the Taliban advance\u201d and ordered \u201cour armed forces and our intelligence community to ensure that we will maintain the capability and the vigilance to address future terrorist threats from Afghanistan,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/08\/14\/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The actual number of new troops is around 1,000, as 4,000 are either already approved to deploy or stationed in Kabul, a Pentagon official told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/the-latest-czech-diplomats-to-be-evacuated-to-kabul-airport\/2021\/08\/14\/ef77bcce-fd13-11eb-911c-524bc8b68f17_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan as the country continues to lose ground to Taliban forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShortly before (Trump) left office, he also drew US forces down to a bare minimum of 2,500. Therefore, when I became President, I faced a choice\u2014follow through on the deal, with a brief extension to get our forces and our allies\u2019 forces out safely, or ramp up our presence and send more American troops to fight once again in another country\u2019s civil conflict,\u201d Biden said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/14\/joe-biden-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal-iraq-taliban-september-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> in April that U.S. troops would leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11, extending the previous May 1 deadline former President Donald Trump had negotiated with the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne more year, or five more years, of US military presence would not have made a difference if the Afghan military cannot or will not hold its own country. And an endless American presence in the middle of another country\u2019s civil conflict was not acceptable to me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The military group has easily <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/13\/taliban-afghanistan-kabul-joe-biden-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">taken several cities<\/a> in the region as America\u2019s military presence decreased in the country. U.S. Intelligence has estimated they could take Kabul in the next 90 days and effectively control the country, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/taliban-could-isolate-kabul-30-days-takeover-90-us-intelligence-2021-08-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Biden previously <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/13\/flashback-biden-predicts-taliban-takeover-afghanistan-not-inevitable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> a total takeover of the country by the Taliban was \u201chighly unlikely\u201d in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver our country\u2019s 20 years at war in Afghanistan, America has sent its finest young men and women, invested nearly $1 trillion dollars, trained over 300,000 Afghan soldiers and police, equipped them with state-of-the-art military equipment, and maintained their air force as part of the longest war in US history,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.5684931506849\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Over the past several days I have been in close contact with my national security team to give them direction on how to protect our interests and values as we end our military mission in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Read my full statement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C1f68bQaUQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/C1f68bQaUQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1426651033170817028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken will aid Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other leaders in the country to \u201cprevent further bloodshed and pursue a political settlement.\u201d Ambassador Tracey Jacobson has been tasked with leading the \u201cgovernment effort to process, transport, and relocate Afghan special immigrant visa applicants and other Afghan allies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden said the U.S. has communicated with the Taliban to make clear that any action by the group that puts American \u201cpersonnel or our mission at risk there\u201d will result in a retaliatory military response. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/13\/taliban-afghanistan-us-embassy-kabul-destroying-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: REPORT: US Officials Destroy Sensitive Documents In Afghanistan Embassy As Taliban Close In)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was the fourth President to preside over an American troop presence in Afghanistan\u2014two Republicans, two Democrats. I would not, and will not, pass this war onto a fifth,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden authorized about 5,000 troops to deploy to Afghanistan to ensure the safe evacuation of U.S. and allied personnel, according to a White House statement Saturday.Biden said the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-645120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}