U.S. forces are reduced to lowest level since 2001 – PBS NewsHour

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Jane Ferguson:

For Biden, he not only inherits America's longest war and one that, of course, he himself one that, of course, was going on while he himself was vice president under Obama; he also inherits now this deal that Trump has signed.

So, he is in a position where everybody in Afghanistan, whether it's the Taliban, or it's the government, or the people stuck in the middle, are all watching Biden, wondering, will he follow through on this deal? Will he try to negotiate for an extension beyond that May 1 deadline to pull every last American troop out?

Or will he honor the deal, in which case he could be throwing the country into potential chaos? And in the meantime, can the two sides that have sat down for talks, but not had very much progress, reach a deal by then? That's even less likely.

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