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Exclusive: Before Afghan collapse, Biden pressed Ghani to ‘change perception’

World · August 31, 2021 · 11:46 PM UTC

In the last call between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Afghanistan counterpart before the Taliban seized control of the country, the leaders discussed military aid, political strategy and messaging tactics, but neither Biden nor Ashraf Ghani appeared aware of or prepared for the immediate danger of the entire country falling to insurgents, a transcript reviewed by Reuters shows.

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