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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5197/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Biden: US Military Efforts in Afghanistan to End in August' data-article-id='5743'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10125'>American President Joe Biden said Thursday the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will end on August 31.</span> <span data-start-time='10125' data-end-time='18646'>Speaking from the White House, the president said, “We did not go to Afghanistan to nation build.” </span> <span data-start-time='18646' data-end-time='25896'>The U.S. is seeking to end its involvement in the nearly 20-year war.</span> <span data-start-time='25896' data-end-time='37604'>It's the right and the responsibility of the Afghan people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country, Biden said. </span> <span data-start-time='37604' data-end-time='44833'>He added that “Afghan leaders have to come together and drive toward a future.”</span> <span data-start-time='44833' data-end-time='54958'>Biden said 2,500 Afghans who worked with Americans have been given special visas to get out of the country. </span> <span data-start-time='54958' data-end-time='61188'>“Our message to these women and men is clear,” Biden said. </span> <span data-start-time='61188' data-end-time='66833'>“There is a home for you in the United States if you so choose.</span> <span data-start-time='66833' data-end-time='72333'> We will stand with you, just as you stood with us.”</span> <span data-start-time='72333' data-end-time='83896'>Last week, the U.S. left the Bagram airfield where U.S. troops and airplanes had launched military operations. </span> <span data-start-time='83896' data-end-time='91563'>Military officials said the withdrawal of U.S. forces was 90 percent complete at the time. </span> <span data-start-time='91563' data-end-time='103438'>About 650 troops remain in Afghanistan to provide security for the U.S. Embassy in the capital of Kabul.</span> <span data-start-time='103438' data-end-time='111833'>The president said there is no “mission accomplished” moment as the U.S. military mission comes to an end. </span> <span data-start-time='111833' data-end-time='122375'>“The mission was accomplished in that we got Osama bin Laden and terrorism is not emanating from that part of the world,” he said.</span> <span data-start-time='122375' data-end-time='135833'>In 2003, then-President George W. Bush was criticized for declaring an end to fighting in Iraq under a “mission accomplished” sign. </span> <span data-start-time='135833' data-end-time='142063'>The U.S. war in Iraq continued for several years afterward.</span> <span data-start-time='142063' data-end-time='153917'>Biden explained his decision to end U.S. military operations as the Taliban gained territory in many parts of the Central Asian country. </span> <span data-start-time='153917' data-end-time='163479'>He asked, “How many more, how many more thousands of American daughters and sons are you willing to risk?”</span> <span data-start-time='163479' data-end-time='176792'>The president added, “I will not send another generation of Americans to war in Afghanistan, with no reasonable expectation of achieving a different outcome.”</span> <span data-start-time='176792' data-end-time='188063'>Answering questions from reporters on Thursday, Biden said that Kabul falling to the Taliban would not be an acceptable outcome. </span> <span data-start-time='188063' data-end-time='192271'>He said he would not trust the Taliban. </span> <span data-start-time='192271' data-end-time='201958'>“But I trust the capacity of the Afghan military, who is better trained, better equipped and more competent,” he added.</span> <span data-start-time='201958' data-end-time='213813'>Last week, the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, General Austin Miller, warned that the country may be headed toward a civil war.</span> <span data-start-time='213813' data-end-time='222792'>The U.S. had agreed to withdraw in a deal negotiated last year under former President Donald Trump. </span> <span data-start-time='222792' data-end-time='232917'>Biden then overruled military leaders who wanted to keep a larger presence to assist Afghan national forces.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button 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