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Biden: Afghan chaos 'gutwrenching,' but stands by withdrawal

by Ellen KnickmeyerZeke Miller
| August 16, 2021 5:27 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden defiantly rejected blame Monday for chaotic scenes of Afghans lunging desperately for U.S. military planes in a bid to flee after the easy victory by the Taliban over an Afghan military that America and NATO allies had spent two decades trying to build.

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