After the "fall of Kabul" in the hands of the Taliban, Trump calls on Biden to resign

Trump describes the fall of Afghanistan at the hands of Kabul as the greatest defeat in American history

Former US president Donald Trump Sunday called on President Joe Biden to "resign in disgrace" against the backdrop of the Taliban's victory in Afghanistan but also because of what he saw as mismanagement on his part of other files such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

"It is time for Joe Biden to resign in disgrace for what he has allowed to happen to Afghanistan, along with the tremendous surge in COVID, the Border catastrophe, the destruction of energy independence, and our crippled economy," he said. Trump wrote in a statement

In another statement on Sunday, he said, "What Joe Biden did in Afghanistan is legendary. It will become one of the greatest defeats in American history!"

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who fled Afghanistan, acknowledged Sunday evening that "the Taliban has won," while television footage showed the rebels celebrating a "victory" from the presidential palace in Kabul.

Nearly twenty years after its expulsion from power, the Taliban's military victory has become complete with the collapse of government forces in the absence of American support.

Biden defended his decision to end a twenty-year war in this country.

On Sunday, he said, "I am the fourth president to rule with an American military deployment in Afghanistan (...) I do not want to transfer this war to a fifth president."

On Thursday, Trump blamed Biden for the Taliban's military progress in Afghanistan, saying the current situation was "unacceptable".

"If I were president now, the world would know that our withdrawal from Afghanistan is conditional," Trump said in a statement.

"The withdrawal could have been different and more successful, and the Taliban knew that better than anyone else," he added.

"I have personally held talks with Taliban leaders and they understand that what they are doing today will not be acceptable," he added.

Source: New York Post