Taliban ‘at its strongest’ militarily since 2001: Joe Biden

The Taliban is at its strongest point militarily since the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001, US President Joe Biden said on Thursday.

After 20 years of war, he said, the ideal conditions that the U.S. had once hoped to bring about before it withdrew troops had never materialized.

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“The Taliban is at its strongest militarily since 2001,” Biden said during remarks on the ongoing US military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Joe Biden said the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will end by August 31, and he called on the country’s leaders to “come together” to prevent civil war.