WASHINGTON, 22 January 2022, (TON): US President Joe Biden said that he withdrew his troops from Afghanistan because it’s not possible to unify the war-torn country under one single government.

At a White House news conference, Mr Biden also said that the United States was “spending a billion dollars a week in Afghanistan for 20 years” and could not afford to do so indefinitely.

The Biden administration started pulling out troops from Afghanistan in August last year, leaving behind a vacuum, filled by the Taliban. Taliban troops entered Kabul on Aug 15 and replaced the US-backed government with their own.

Since then Taliban have ignored US appeals to include other political forces into the government and to protect the rights of Afghan women and religious minorities guaranteed in the US-backed Afghan constitution.

President Biden while responding to his government’s alleged incompetence said “let’s take Afghanistan. I know you all would like to focus on that, which is legitimate.”

He said “raise your hand if you think anyone was going to be able to unify Afghanistan under one single government.”

He further said “it’s been the graveyard of empires for a solid reason: It is not susceptible to unity.”