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US President Joe Biden, speaking to reporters at the White House, could not name the number of losses of American troops in Afghanistan without a hint, for memory.
After a request from one of the journalists to name the exact number of US military losses in Afghanistan since 2001, the head of state reached into his pocket and took out a note from the inside pocket of his jacket.
” I have this card with me every day. We actually lost 2,448 Americans in Afghanistan. Another 20,722 soldiers were wounded, ” Biden read.
According to him, it was such high numbers of losses that led him to the idea of the need to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.