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On the recordSeptember 12, 2021
The Taliban made abundantly clear in many public statements, private statements to us, to others around the world that it was going to hold us to the deadline that the previous administration negotiated in terms of withdrawing the remaining American forces.
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Antony Blinken
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Blinken discusses the Taliban's commitment to the withdrawal deadline set by the Trump administration.

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