Top Democrat reveals US will miss Afghanistan withdrawal deadline, says Biden will ask Taliban for ‘more time’

US and NATO troops

US and NATO troops won’t leave Afghanistan by the May 1 deadline envisioned in Donald Trump’s Doha Agreement, House Armed Services Committee chair Adam Smith (D-Washington) revealed during a discussion hosted by a DC think-tank.

“It’s a general feeling that May 1 is too soon, just logistically,” Smith said on Wednesday, during a virtual event hosted by Foreign Policy. “You cannot pull out ten thousand-plus troops in any sort of reasonable way in just six weeks.”

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