What happens to those left behind in Afghanistan?

WASHINGTON — President Biden defended his determination to retreat American troops connected Tuesday successful a large code astatine the White House.

"I judge this is the close decision, a omniscient determination and the champion determination for America," Biden said.

THOSE HELPED AND THOSE WHO WEREN'T

Over 120,000 radical were evacuated, including astir 6,000 Americans implicit the past respective weeks.

However, much than 100 Americans were near down arsenic good arsenic thousands of Afghans who fearfulness retribution from the Taliban.

Millions of Afghan citizens are astatine economical hazard successful the coming weeks arsenic the United Nations warns of a "collapsing" proviso chain.

LEADERSHIP GOING FORWARD

So who volition assistance those near behind? It volition not beryllium the U.S. military.

However, the State Department has been charged with moving with the Taliban successful a constricted capacity.

Taliban officials person promised to cooperate and assistance Americans and Afghan nationals with due question documents.

"August 31st is not a cliff," Jake Sullivan, President Biden's nationalist information adviser, told CNN connected Sunday.

Sullivan stressed the U.S. had leverage implicit the Taliban to proceed constricted evacuation efforts.

However, arsenic Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, the American embassy successful Kabul volition not beryllium reopened.

Diplomatic negotiations volition instrumentality spot successful Doha, Qatar wherever American diplomats focused connected Afghanistan volition instrumentality up residence.

OTHER COUNTRIES MOVING-IN

As a effect of the U.S. leaving Afghanistan, different countries and organizations are poised to instrumentality a much salient relation successful Afghanistan.

Leaders successful China and Russia person released statements suggesting a willingness to enactment with the Taliban.

Pakistan has worked with the World Health Organization successful the past respective days to fly-in urgently needed aesculapian supplies to Kabul.

That suggests a willingness by the Taliban to enactment with immoderate planetary organizations.

Still, aft 20 years of war, trusting the Taliban volition instrumentality clip for galore U.S. officials.

Meanwhile, questions proceed to swirl arsenic to what beingness volition beryllium similar successful Afghanistan going forward.

The Taliban has already restricted slope withdrawals to $200 a week.