Biden always said Afghan leaders needed to lead: White House on US President’s last phone call to Ghani

The leaders of Afghanistan had to just show that they were willing to fight and Biden have constantly harpiting this point, said the White House.

Talking about the last phone call between Joe Biden and Ashraf Ghani, accessible by the Reuters news agency, the White House stated that it will not have in private diplomatic conversations nor the transcripts of phones, but what has been reported As the last board of Biden in Ashraf Ghani remained the public councils of Biden to leaders in Afghanistan, secretary of the press of the White House Jen Psaki, said.

“What the President has transmitted publicly, and certainly privately, on several occasions, to Afghan leaders – as well as our national security officials – is that it is important for Afghanistan leaders to be exactly those: lead and show In the country they are ready to continue to fight the Taliban; that they have the will of the Afghan national security forces to continue to fight, even if our US forces depart, “said the secretary of the press.

Reuters reported that the last phone call between Biden and Ashraf Ghani was July 23 – only 23 days before the fall of Kabul in which none of the leaders appeared to have to inture on the imminent takeover of the country by the Taliban. In this call, Biden promised Ghani’s air support and advised him to mobilize Afghan leaders to change the perception of the world that the Taliban won.

In this opinion, Ashraf Ghani informed Biden that the country was confronted with a large-scale invasion and Taliban were not alone that more than 10 to 15,000 Pakistani terrorists were already within the country.

The White House stated that Biden has always traded that to the Afghan leaders they were required to lead. “The Chairman has constantly transmitted – and I have just noted an example – publicly that Afghan leadership, at the time, had to do exactly that: the lead. They had to come together consistently. They need to be united. They need it enough to show the country and the Afghan people, they would fight and they will lead through this transition, even if the American forces are remaining. It is totally in line with what he said Publicly throughout, “said the secretary of the press.

Confirming that it is true that the fall of Kabul was not anticipated, Asaki said, “What I can reiterate for you is that we have stated several times that no one planned – the vast majority of I should say – it may have been individuals and agencies. So, so I do not want to eliminate this option – but our national security team and person at the conference or, I would say that most people in the audience planned that the Taliban would be able to take up the country as quickly as possible that the Afghan national security forces would be so quickly as possible. “