Sputnik is live from Washington, DC where US President Joe Biden is holding a presser dedicated to the situation in Afghanistan. The surge of the Taliban and the fall of Kabul come amid the ongoing withdrawal of US and NATO forces from the country. However, the Pentagon stated on Monday that it would dispatch 1,000 extra soldiers to Kabul in order to establish security there.
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*The Taliban is a terrorist organization banned in Russia and many other countries