Protest held outside White House as the Taliban closes in on Afghanistan's capital

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Protest held outside White House as the Taliban closes in on Afghanistan's capital

5,000 troops are being sent to Afghanistan to evacuate U.S. Diplomats and Afghan allies.

Author: Kolbie Satterfield (WUSA 9), Nick Boykin (WUSA9), Associated Press
Published: 8:19 PM EDT August 14, 2021
Updated: 3:34 PM EDT August 15, 2021

WASHINGTON — People with ties to Afghanistan are pleading to President Joe Biden to step in and help as hundreds of people protested Saturday afternoon outside the White House.

The protest was hours after President Biden authorized an additional 1,000 U.S. troops for deployment to Afghanistan, raising to roughly 5,000 the number of U.S. troops to evacuate U.S. diplomats and Afghan allies.

“We want Mr. President to hear and to act immediately, we want him to act now because Afghanistan is in a tragedy and we want him to stop the Taliban," Azahullah Zalmay said.

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[pidge]

1. The President isn't there.

[msongs]

2. "we want him to stop the taliban"??????that's the job of afghanis nt