Biden says 'no one's being killed' in Afghanistan, can't 'recall' advisers telling him to delay withdrawal
Posted on AllSides August 19th, 2021
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President Biden in an interview with ABC that aired Thursday said "no one's being killed" in Afghanistan despite reports of at least seven deaths amid the chaos at Kabul's airport and of Taliban beating people on their way to the airport, as he defended his handling of the American withdrawal from the country.
Biden further told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that none of his advisers told him America should stay in Afghanistan, and that intelligence did not indicate the Afghan government would quickly collapse – despite reports that's exactly what the intelligence said.
And the president said his advisers did...