Biden always said Afghan leaders needed to lead: White House on US President’s last phone call to Ghani
Talking about the last call between Joe Biden and Ashraf Ghani, accessed by press agency Reuters, the White House said that it won't get into private diplomatic conversations or leaked transcripts of phone calls but what has been reported as Biden's last advice to Ashraf Ghani remained Biden's public advice for Afghanistan leaders, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.
What the President conveyed publicly, and positively privately also , repeatedly, to Afghan leaders — as did our national security officials — is that it’s important that the leaders in Afghanistan do exactly that: lead and show the country that they're able to still — the fight against the Taliban; that they need the desire for the Afghan National Security Forces to continue that fight whilst our US forces leave," the...