At the White House today, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the Biden administration has received guarantees from the Taliban that civilians in Afghanistan will be allowed "safe passage" to the airport in Kabul where evacuation flights resumed on Tuesday.
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OUT: "….way possible".
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He said President Biden has not spoken to any other world leaders since the collapse of the Afghan government but he rinsisted that President Biden is taking full responsibility for every decision that led up to the botched military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul.
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OUT: "…responsibility is"
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But he also suggested that some American citizens now awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan were themselves responsible for not heeding warnings "weeks ago" about security instability in the country.
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OUT: "…fundamentally be avoided"
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He was peppered with questions from foreign reporters about how America's partners and allies can trust the United States after President Biden cut-and-ran from Afghanistan.
And he said it's too early to say whether the US will recognize the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan.
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OUT: "…address that question"
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And he conceded there is a chance that the country will once again serve as a haven for terrorism.
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OUT: "…in a war".
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