AntonToo
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How do you know how much Taliban would control if we were withdrawing earlier? Their advancement was hinged on our drawdowns.The Taliban would not have controlled as much as the country as they did. They were limited in when they could start taking over parts of the country by the weather. Look at how much they controlled in May as opposed to August.
- April 14 - President Joe Biden announces U.S. troops will withdraw from Afghanistan starting on May 1 and ending on Sept. 11
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Timeline: The Taliban's rapid advance across Afghanistan
Taliban insurgents began entering Kabul on Sunday after taking control of all of Afghanistan's major cities apart from the capital. The following are some of the major milestones in the Islamist militant movement's advance in recent months.
We could not somehow leave in 1 day or a week, it took 4 months and you have to ask yourself - wtf are all these Americans doing there for those 4 months when they had plenty of opportunity to leave?