Joe Biden

After the US troop withdrawal, the Taliban will not overrun and take control of all of Afghanistan.

“But the likelihood there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely.”

Said on

8 July 2021 · Remarks on US military operations in Afghanistan and exchange with reporters, White House East Room

Source

Remarks on United States Military Operations in Afghanistan and an Exchange With Reporters · The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)

Should come true

No date given

How sure they sounded

highly unlikely

Categories

Geopolitics

Importance

3 of 5 · Determined who governs Afghanistan and shaped the outcome of a 20-year US war.

Outcome

Inaccurate Happened 15 August 2021.

The Taliban took most of Afghanistan's provinces in rapid succession and captured Kabul on 15 August 2021, about five weeks after the statement, before the US withdrawal was complete. The outcome he called highly unlikely occurred.

Evidence:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Kabul_(2021)