“This is the one of the largest, most difficult airlifts in history,” President Biden said
Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Joe Biden addressed the crisis in Afghanistan for the second time in several days, largely focusing on the progress made but acknowledging the danger involved in the mission to evacuate thousands of Americans and Afghan citizens.Biden focused on what the military has accomplished, saying that Kabul’s airport has been secured and that military flights and civilian charters have resumed.
Biden said he “knows of no circumstance” where American citizens haven’t been able to make it through checkpoints to the airport, despite reporting to the contrary. Not long after Biden’s address, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reportedly told House lawmakers that Americans had been beaten by Taliban members in Kabul.
“The idea, somehow, that there was a way to get out without chaos ensuing, I don’t know how that happens,” Biden said.
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