WASHINGTON/TOKYO/KABUL -- America's mission in Afghanistan was never about nation-building, and its only national interest there was to prevent a terrorist attack on the homeland, U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday in televised remarks.
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Biden says Afghanistan was never about nation-building
Washington's two-decade mission comes to chaotic end
U.S. President Joe Biden defends the American withdrawal from Afghanistan in a speech at the White House on Aug. 16. © Reuters
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