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Newshour: 31/08/2021 20:06 GMT: Biden defends troop pull-out from Afghanistan

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31/08/2021 20:06 GMT

31/08/2021 20:06 GMT: Biden defends troop pull-out from Afghanistan

BBC World Service - Newshour, Biden defends troop pull-out from Afghanistan

President Biden addresses the US public as the Taliban declare victory in Afghanistan

President Biden addresses the US public as the Taliban declare victory in Afghanistan.

US President Joe Biden has defended the US troop pull-out, addressing the nation as the Taliban declare victory in Afghanistan.
 
Also in the programme: Former Liberian President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on vaccine poverty.   
 
And our correspondent Sarah Rainsford sends her final report from Russia, expelled after being designated a threat to national security.
 
(Photo: US President Biden speaks about Afghanistan at the White House in Washington. Credit: Reuters/Carlos Barria)

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