Yep. Trump signed the withdrawal agreement with the Taliban, not Joe Biden. Troop decided not to listen to his generals that wanted 4000 troops to remain until withdrawal by giving orders that only 2500 would be left in country. And he did all these things AFTER Biden defeated him on November 3rd.
Again, read some factual history that isn't spun to hide Trump's ultimate responsibility for creating the conditions present when Biden followed the agreement Trump negotiated himself.
The Trump administration in February 2020 negotiated a withdrawal agreement with the Taliban that excluded the Afghan government, freed 5,000 imprisoned Taliban soldiers and set a date certain of May 1, 2021, for the final withdrawal.
And the Trump administration kept to the pact, reducing U.S. troop levels from about 13,000 to 2,500, even though the Taliban continued to attack Afghan government forces and welcomed al-Qaeda terrorists into the Taliban leadership.
March 4, 2020 " Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley tells the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Taliban pledged in the classified documents not to attack U.S. troops and coalition forces or launch "high-profile attacks," including in Afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals. "[T]he Taliban have signed up to a whole series of conditions ... all the Members of the Congress have all the documents associated with this agreement," Milley says.
Despite the agreement, the Taliban attack Afghan forces in Helmand province, and the U.S. responds with an air strike.
March 10, 2020 - Under pressure from the U.S., Ghani orders the release of 1,500 Taliban prisoners, but at the rate of 100 per day.
Sept. 3, 2020 - Afghanistan releases the final 400 Taliban prisoners, as required under the U.S.-Taliban agreement, clearing the way for intra-Afghan peace talks to begin.
Sept. 16, 2020 - The Taliban continued attacks on government forces. The Voice of America reported that "Taliban attacks in three provinces across northern Afghanistan since Tuesday killed at least 17 people, including six civilians, and wounded scores of others even as a Taliban political team was negotiating peace with Afghan government representatives in Doha, Qatar."
Sept. 18, 2020 - At a press conference, Trump says, "We're dealing very well with the Taliban. They're very tough, they're very smart, they're very sharp. But, you know, it's been 19 years, and even they are tired of fighting, in all fairness."
Nov. 16, 2020 - Congressional Republicans, responding to news reports that the Trump administration will rapidly reduce forces in Afghanistan, warn of what Sen. Marco Rubio calls "a Saigon-type of situation" in Afghanistan. "A rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan now would hurt our allies and delight the people who wish us harm," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says.
Nov. 17, 2020 - Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller formally announces that the U.S. will reduce U.S. forces in Afghanistan to 2,500 by Jan. 15, 2021.
Jan. 15 - "Today, U.S. force levels in Afghanistan have reached 2,500," Miller, the acting defense secretary, says in a statement. "[T]his drawdown brings U.S. forces in the country to their lowest levels since 2001."
Afghanistan's First Vice President Amrullah Saleh tells the BBC that the Trump administration made too many concessions to the Taliban. "I am telling [the United States] as a friend and as an ally that trusting the Taliban without putting in a verification mechanism is going to be a fatal mistake," Saleh says, adding that Afghanistan leaders warned the U.S. that "violence will spike" as the 5,000 Taliban prisoners were released. "Violence has spiked," he added.
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