Dikhyaa Mohanty 
United States President Joe Biden informed that withdrawing the troops from Afghanistan to end the 20-year war was the best and the right decision for America and there was no reason to continue in a war that was no longer in the service of the vital national interest of the American people.
While addressing the nation from the White House Biden said- I give you my word: With all of my heart, I believe this is the right decision, a wise decision, and the best decision for America. We’ve been a nation too long at war. If you’re 20 years old today, you have never known an America at peace. So, when I hear that we could’ve, should’ve continued the so-called low-grade effort in Afghanistan, at low risk to our service members, at low cost, I don’t think enough people understand how much we have asked of the 1 per cent of this country who put that uniform on, who are willing to put their lives on the line in defence of our nation.”
Further, he added that he is the fourth President who has faced the issue of whether and when to end this war. He stated that they no longer had a clear purpose in an open-ended mission in Afghanistan. After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, he refused to send another generation of America’s sons and daughters to fight a war that should have ended long ago.
He further added that after more than USD 2 trillion spent in Afghanistan a cost that researchers at Brown University estimated would be over USD 300 million a day for 20 years in Afghanistan for two decades. The world is changing and the US is confronted with new challenges.
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