The deployment comes as the Taliban seizes land with breathtaking speed. Only two major cities remain in the government's control.

August 14, 2021

The deployment comes as the Taliban seizes land with breathtaking speed. Only two major cities remain in the government's control.
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President Joe Biden announced the authorization of a total of 5,000 troops to Afghanistan "to make sure we can have an orderly and safe drawdown of US personnel and other allied personnel and an orderly and safe evacuation of Afghans who helped our troops during our mission and those at special risk from the Taliban advance," in a statement Saturday.