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Future US strategy in Afghanistan can rely on bases in Pakistan: Biden

"We can prevent the US from being the victim of terror coming out of Afghanistan by providing airbases and insisting the Pakistani provide bases for us,” opined Biden, according to the New York Post.

By Agencies
September 14, 2019

HOUSTON: Frontrunner Joe Biden went on the offensive Thursday in the third Democratic debate of the 2020 White House race, taking on the Afghanistan issue and saying that a future United States strategy in the war-torn country could depend on bases in Pakistan.

 "We can prevent the US from being the victim of terror coming out of Afghanistan by providing airbases and insisting the Pakistani provide bases for us,” opined Biden, according to the New York Post.

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