NEW: @POTUS on #Afghanistan as #Taliban have taken 21 of 34 provincial capitals in just over a week
"One 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"
"One 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"
NEW-#Afghanistan: @POTUS says he has directed @StateDept @SecBlinken "to support President Ghani [@ashrafghani ] & other #Afghan leaders as they seek to prevent further bloodshed & pursue a political settlement"
"Secretary Blinken will also engage with key regional stakeholders"
"Secretary Blinken will also engage with key regional stakeholders"
NEW: US has "conveyed to the #Taliban representatives in #Doha, via our Combatant Commander, that any action on their part on the ground in #Afghanistan, that puts US personnel or our mission at risk there, will be met w/a swift & strong US military response" per @POTUS
NEW-#Afghanistan: US @SecBlinken phone call w/ #Afghan President @ashrafghani
"They discussed the urgency of ongoing diplomatic and political efforts to reduce the violence"
"They discussed the urgency of ongoing diplomatic and political efforts to reduce the violence"
Here are the 21 #Afghan provincial capitals that have fallen to the #Taliban since August 6 - a span of just 8 days
via @VOANews
via @VOANews
NEW-#Afghanistan: @RefugeesIntl calling for "a humanitarian corridor out of #Kabul" citing the " the imminent siege" of the Afghan capital
refugeesinternational.org/reports/2021/8…
refugeesinternational.org/reports/2021/8…
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