Analysis-Biden lost faith in the U.S. mission in Afghanistan over a decade ago


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  • Friday, 09 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the White House in Washington U.S. June 25 2021. REUTERSJonathan ErnstFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the White House, in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's frustrations with Afghanistan boiled over more than a decade ago, and they never again eased.

On a trip to Kabul in January 2009, shortly before he was sworn in as vice president, Biden warned Afghanistan's then-President Hamid Karzai at a dinner that he could lose Washington's support unless he started governing for all Afghans, hinting at corruption allegations targeting Karzai's brother.

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