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Biden praises airlift, defends departure from ‘forever war’

President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the U.S. military airlift to extract more than 120,000 Afghans, Americans and other allies to end a 20 year war an “extraordinary success,” though more than 100 Americans and thousands of Afghans looking to leave remain.

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Aug 31, 2021, 5:34 PM

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