Joe Biden recalled Osama Bin Laden’s death: “We followed him to the gates of hell and caught him”

The American President, Joe Biden, took advantage of this Sunday of the tenth anniversary of the operation that killed the jihadist leader Osama bin Laden to reaffirm their decision to withdraw all American troops Afghanistan.

“We followed Bin Laden to the gates of hell and caught him”Biden said in a statement released by the White House. “We kept a promise to everyone who lost loved ones on September 11: that we would never forget those we had lost and that the United States would never renounce its commitment to prevent another attack on our homeland.

Biden, who announced last month that it would end America’s longest war before September 11, congratulated then-President Barack Obama on his 2011 decision to endorse the covert operation against the al-Qaeda leader, and praised the special forces that took it to Pakistan.

We kept a promise to all those who lost loved ones on September 11: that we would never forget those we lost, and that the United States would never waver in its commitment to prevent another attack on our homeland.

Watch the operation remotely from a crowded White House crisis room, said Biden, It was “a moment that I will never forget: the intelligence professionals who spotted him; President Obama’s clarity and conviction in decision-making; the courage and competence of our team in the field ”.

Now, as the United States begins to withdraw the last Afghan troops, Biden said: “Al-Qaeda is very degraded there. But the United States will continue to monitor the threat of terrorist groups that have metastasized around the world. “

“We will continue to monitor and counter any threats that arise in Afghanistan. And we will work to counter terrorist threats against our homeland and our interests in cooperation with our allies and partners around the world. “

The the war of Afghanistan, which started in October 2001, is the longest in US history

The White House announced Thursday that US troops have already started withdrawing from Afghanistan, explaining that the Pentagon has deployed additional forces in the region to deter any group of possible attacks.

Currently there are a few 3,500 American soldiers in Afghanistan, among them 2,500 soldiers and 1,000 members of the special forces; while NATO maintains 7,000 additional troops, coming from other Alliance countries and partners such as Georgia.

The Biden administration predicts that the return of the troops is completed before the twentieth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001.

However, the deadlines set by Biden contradict those set in the deal reached last year by the Taliban and the administration of Donald Trump (2017-2021), which established the complete withdrawal of US troops and the rest of NATO countries by May 1.

(With information from AFP and EFE)

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