Biden defends departure from 'forever war,' praises airlift

By a staff reporter :

Addressing the nation, a defensive President Joe Biden called the US 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 remain behind. Twenty-four hours after the last American C-17 cargo plane roared off from Kabul, Biden vigorously defended his decision to end America's longest war and withdraw all US troops ahead of an August 31 deadline.