Yahoo "Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday confronted Secretary of State Antony Blinken over President Joe Biden's claims on Afghanistan, including the suggestion that al-Qaida is no longer active in the country.
"Biden told reporters Friday that the United States no longer needs troops in Afghanistan to counter al-Qaida, which was behind the 9/11 attacks.
"“What interest do we have in Afghanistan at this point with al-Qaida gone?” Biden said. "We went to Afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of al-Qaida in Afghanistan, as well as... getting Osama bin Laden. And we did."
"Wallace during the interview with Blinken on "Fox News Sunday" said what the president was "flat wrong."
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" 'What the President said just wasn’t true," Wallace said after playing a short clip of Biden's remarks.
"Earlier this summer, the United Nations released a report that al-Qaida is present in "at least 15 Afghan provinces, primarily in the east, southern and south-eastern regions." Wallace cited the report to Blinken.
"Blinken tried to reframe Biden's statement, noting al-Qaida is no longer the force it once was." . . .
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