So I`m left against to ask of those who argue that we should stay, how many more generations of America`s daughters and sons, would you have me send to fight Afghanistan civil war? When Afghan troops will not?

I will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth president.

If anything, the developments of the past week reinforced that ending U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan now was the right decision.

American troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves.

he has known for more than 12 years that we didn`t have a mission we could achieve, that we were putting too many lives at risk, that we were spending too much money, and that the resources would be better spent elsewhere.

the Biden economic plan is working.

The events we’re seeing now are sadly proof that no amount of military force would ever deliver a stable, united, and secure Afghanistan.

We will continue to support the Afghan people. We will lead with our diplomacy, our international influence, and our humanitarian aid.

Our only vital national interest in Afghanistan remains today what it has always been: preventing a terrorist attack on American homeland.

I stand squarely behind my decision. After 20 years, I’ve learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw U.S. forces. That’s why we’re still there. We were clear eyed about the risks. We plan for every contingency. But I…

I will not pass this responsibly on --- responsible down to a fifth president. I will not mislead the American people by claiming a just a little more time in Afghanistan will make all the difference, nor will I shrink from my share of…

We went to Afghanistan almost 20 years ago, with clear goals. Get those who attacked us on September 11th 2001 and make sure al Qaeda could not use Afghanistan as a base for which to attack us again. We did that.

Our mission in Afghanistan was never supposed to be a nation building. I am President of the United States of America. And the buck stops with me. I`m deeply saddened by the facts we now face. But I do not regret my decision to end…

Afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country. The Afghan military collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight.

I made a commitment to the American people, when I ran for president that I`d bring America`s military involvement in Afghanistan to an end. Well, it`s been hard and messy, and yes, far from perfect, I have honored that commitment. More…

I will not mislead the American people by claiming that just a little more time in Afghanistan will make all the difference, nor will I shrink from my share of responsibility for where we are today and how we must move forward from here. I…

The developments of the past week reinforced that ending U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan now was the right decision.

When I came into office, I inherited a deal the President Trump negotiated with the Taliban.

the public broadly supports this, even if they`re getting hit left and right by members of Congress, et cetera, and that the newspapers, she points out, may bear that out.

The truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. Afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country. The Afghan military collapsed, sometime without trying to fight. America`s troops cannot and should not be…

We planned for every contingency, but I always promised the American people that I will be straight with you. The truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated.

There are some very brave and capable Afghan Special Forces units and soldiers and if Afghanistan is unable to mount any real resistance of the Taliban now, there is no chance that one year, one more year, five more years, or 20 more…

So I'm left again to ask of those who argue that we should stay. How many more generations of America's daughters and sons would you have me send the fight Afghanistan's Civil War where Afghan troops will not? How many more lives…

No, I don`t. Look, are you telling me that we should go into China because -- go to war with China because what they`re doing to the Uyghurs, a million Uyghurs in the west in concentration camps?

The likelihood there`s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. We have trained and equipped a standing force of over 300,000 Afghan personnel today. There`s going to be no…