Atalien under 9 provincial capitals, Biden: It has nothing to do with me

Reuters reported on August 12 that a U.S. defense official, citing U.S. intelligence, said the Afghan Taliban had made significant progress in operations and would encircle the Afghan capital Kabul within 30 days and take it over within 90 days.

Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday local time that the situation in Afghanistan "has nothing to do with him" and that he did not regret the decision to withdraw troops and urged Afghan leaders to "fight for their homeland."

Screenshot of the Reuters report

In less than a week, the Afghan Taliban seized nine provincial capitals in quick succession.

A senior EU official said on Tuesday that the Taliban currently controls 65 percent of Afghanistan's territory and has occupied or threatened to occupy 11 provincial capitals.

As the U.S. military "walked away", the fighting between the Taliban and The Afghan government forces became increasingly fierce, and the local security situation continued to deteriorate. Sky News previously reported that the Taliban obtained a large number of weapons from US military bases for combat.

But Biden was reluctant to reconsider his decision to withdraw U.S. troops, according to the Politician News Network. In April, Biden announced the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by September 11. He has since advanced the timetable for the withdrawal to August 31.

"U.S. support gives the Afghan military the ability to defend itself." Biden insisted. But he and his aides passed on a more cold-blooded slogan: If the Afghan government cannot defend itself, it is not our problem.

The New York Times reported that the Biden administration and the U.S. military have not yet reached an agreement on whether the United States will continue to launch air strikes after the end of the withdrawal. Two anonymous US officials revealed on the 9th that if the Taliban are about to take Kabul, Biden may be "forced to act."