Trump regifted Afghanistan to Taliban
“when Ghani visited Biden Jun 25th, his main request was to SLOW THE DEPARTURE of Americans & Afghan translators or contractors to avoid the destabilizing appearance of a rush for the exit.”
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3/1/2020- Trump/Taliban Agreement-
"Afghan President Ghani objects to a provision in the agreement that would require his country to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners. “Freeing Taliban prisoners is not [under] the authority of America but the authority of the Afghan government,”
5/19/2020- Trump/Taliban Agreement-
"In releasing its quarterly report on Afghanistan, the DOD inspector general’s office says the U.S. cut troop levels in Afghanistan by more than 4,000, even though “the Taliban escalated violence further after signing the agreement.”
11/16/2020- Trump/Taliban Agreement-
GOPers “warn of what Sen Marco Rubio calls “a Saigon-type of situation” in Afghanistan. “A rapid withdrawal of US forces now would hurt our allies & delight people who wish us harm”- Mitch McConnell
11/17/20- Trump drops it to 2,500 anyway.
12/2/2020- Trump/Taliban Agreement-
The IG report continued to warn that the Taliban was apparently violating the withdrawal agreement. Its report said; "members of 𝙖𝙡-𝙦𝙖𝙚𝙙𝙖 were 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙖𝙣’s leadership & command structure.”
1/15/2021- Trump/Taliban Agreement-
Afghanistan 1st V.P. Saleh says that Trump made too many concessions to the Taliban; “I'm telling the U.S. as a friend & ally that trusting the Taliban without putting in a verification mechanism is going to be a 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚."
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