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Biden snapped at a reporter when asked about Afghans clinging to US Air Force planes out of Kabul

August 19, 2021

President Joe Biden snapped at a reporter who asked him about the footage of people in Afghanistan clinging to the outside of planes in a bid to escape the country.

In an interview aired Tuesday, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos asked Biden about the chaotic and wildly criticized withdrawal and the Taliban’s takeover of the country.

In response, Biden defended the way the withdrawal unfolded, doubling down on his earlier claims that the Afghan military was not willing to fight the Taliban.

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