Opinion

By pulling troops from Afghanistan, Biden risks a humanitarian disaster

By Trudy Rubin
April 21 2021 - 4:30am
US President Joe Biden has announced America will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by September 11. Picture: Getty Images
US President Joe Biden has announced America will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by September 11. Picture: Getty Images

When US President Joe Biden announced he was ending "the forever war" in Afghanistan by pulling out the last 3500 or so US troops based there by September 11, my mind flashed to Afghans I know for whom that speech could spell prison or death.

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