The images that have been seen all over the world from the Afghan capital after the Taliban’s takeover caused a crisis in the US as well, where the president is suffering from a significant drop in support according to two recent polls.
The internal contradictions, the chaotic evacuation operation and Biden's speech in which he mainly blamed the return of the "mujahideen" on the political and military echelon of Afghanistan, radiated mainly weakness and now the US president will have to take action to return and enjoy high support rates.
Taliban fighters in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in northern Kabul, this morning,
A poll conducted by Reuters / Ipsos shows that currently, support for the US president stands at only 46%, the lowest figure in the last seven months.
On Friday, support for Biden, according to a survey by the same company, stood at 53 percent, indicating a seven percent drop in two days.
Another Ipsos survey shows that 75% of respondents supported the decision to send additional military forces to secure critical areas until the evacuation mission from Afghanistan is completed.
A similar figure was seen when asked whether they would support the evacuation of Afghans who had assisted American forces in the country.
Travels from Afghanistan as soon as landing in the UK.
The evacuation operation from Kabul continues,
The failed withdrawal from Afghanistan seems far from over in light of the gaps that are beginning to emerge between the intelligence picture in recent weeks and the policies they have pursued following this information in the White House.
The defeat occurs in parallel with a new wave of corona sweeping the U.S. and tragic numbers of 1,000 killed and 40,000 infected in the past day.