Biden Sending 5,000 Troops to Afghanistan to Help Drawdown of US Personnel

Biden Sending 5,000 Troops to Afghanistan to Help Drawdown of US Personnel
An Afghan policeman speaks to a commuter in car at a checkpoint along the road in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 14, 2021. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images
Allen Zhong
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President Joe Biden announced Saturday that he is deploying more troops to Afghanistan to ensure that U.S. personnel can be evacuated safely.

“Based on the recommendations of our diplomatic, military, and intelligence teams, I have authorized the deployment of approximately 5,000 U.S. troops to make sure we can have an orderly and safe drawdown of U.S. personnel and other allied personnel and an orderly and safe evacuation of Afghans who helped our troops during our mission and those at special risk from the Taliban advance,” the president said in a statement.

Allen Zhong
Allen Zhong
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Allen Zhong is a long-time writer and reporter for The Epoch Times. He joined the Epoch Media Group in 2012. His main focus is on U.S. politics. Send him your story ideas: [email protected]
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