U.K. Media: Biden’s officials had secret deal to give Kabul to Taliban
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 9:48 AM PT – Tuesday, November 23, 2021
According to a new report, the Biden administration had a secret deal
with the Taliban to hand over Kabul to the terrorist group. British
investigative outlet The Tortoise said Biden’s officials were talking to the Taliban through a secret back-channel overseen by the CIA.
The communications reportedly took place this past summer during U.S.
evacuation of the Afghan capital. The report found the Taliban was
supposed to give Joe Biden enough time to evacuate Kabul before it would
take over a deadline his administration failed to meet. The report also
claimed Biden handed Afghanistan over to Taliban.
“The message from the Taliban to the Americans was: Take your
time, a fortnight or more, we will wait before we enter the capital, we
have absolutely no desire to preside over the evacuation,” explained
Matthew d’Ancona, an investigative reporter for The Tortoise.
“The astonishing response to the Taliban from U.S. was: No thanks, you
need to get into Kabul and maintain order now. The Afghan government is a
lame duck and NATO certainly isn’t going to take responsibility for the
city.”
Republican lawmakers have raised questions as to why Biden left $85
billion worth of military equipment to the Taliban among other
questionable aspects of the botched pullout.
