Bilateral security agreement afghanistan pdfBilateral Security Agreement • July 10th, 2023
Contract Type FiledJuly 10th, 2023Amid the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Biden said Monday that his decision to pull American forces from the country stemmed from a deal that former President Donald Trump’s administration had negotiated with the Taliban.“When I came into office I inherited a deal that President Trump had negotiated with the Taliban,” Biden said at the White House, adding, “The choice I had to make as your president was either to follow through on that agreement or be prepared to go back to fighting the Taliban in the middle of the spring fighting season.“There was only the cold reality of either following through on the agreement to withdraw our forces or escalating the conflict and sending thousands more American troops into combat in Afghanistan, lurching into the third decade of conflict,” Biden said.President Biden delivers remarks on the worsening crisis in Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House on Monday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)The Agreement for Bringing Pe