NEW YORK -- The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has thrown U.S. President Joe Biden's effort to focus foreign policy on China into disarray, as criticism of the White House deepens in the face of the Central Asian country's escalating crisis.
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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan on July 8 in the East Room of the White House. (Photo courtesy of the White House)
NEW YORK -- The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has thrown U.S. President Joe Biden's effort to focus foreign policy on China into disarray, as criticism of the White House deepens in the face of the Central Asian country's escalating crisis.