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Joe Biden blames US’ chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan on Donald Trump

JOE Biden has blamed his country’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan on Donald Trump.

The US President inherited a deal from his predecessor to pull out forces by May 1, 2021, a State Department and Pentagon report says.

President Biden blamed his predecessor Donald Trump for the failings around the West's withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021
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President Biden blamed his predecessor Donald Trump for the failings around the West's withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021Credit: AFP

Mr Biden had to either belatedly follow through on the agreement with the Taliban or send thousands more troops.

The pull-out in August 2021 ended the war but 13 US soldiers and 200 Afghans were killed.

Trump called it a surrender, adding: “Biden is responsible — no one else.”

British troops were also involved in the withdrawal, which Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said at the time had put the UK “in a very difficult position”.

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Mr Trump shot back on social media within hours of the report’s release, accusing “Morons in the White House” of playing “a new disinformation game - Blame “TRUMP” for their grossly incompetent SURRENDER in Afghanistan”.

“Biden is responsible, no one else!” he said.

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