We have done that and now it is time for American troops to come home and the Afghan people to step up to defend their own country.'Īfghan President Ashraf Ghani rejected what he said were 'false analogies' with the war in Vietnam as well as any suggestion his government was at risk of folding under Taliban pressure after U.S. 'All the United States could do is provide the Afghan security forces, the Afghan government and the Afghan people resources and capabilities, training and equipping their forces, providing assistance to their government.

Sullivan said Biden had no intention of sending American forces back to Afghanistan, but he added: 'I can't make any guarantees about what will happen inside the country. That led then-President Barack Obama to send troops back into Iraq. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was asked on the Fox News Sunday program about the risk of a repeat of what happened in Iraq, where Islamic State militants seized territory after U.S. 11, the 20th anniversary of the al Qaeda attacks that triggered America's longest war. President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that the United States will withdraw its remaining 2,500 troops from Afghanistan by Sept. troops leave, a top White House official said on Sunday, even as he stressed the United States would stay focused on terrorist threats emanating from the country.

WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - No one can offer guarantees about Afghanistan's future after U.S.

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