Reuters has released the transcript of the last call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Ashraf Ghani before the Taliban seized control of the country. According to the transcript the leaders discussed military aid, political strategy and messaging tactics.
The phone call took place about 3 weeks before Ghani fled the presidential palace, and the Taliban entered Kabul.
In the call Biden advised Ghani to get buy-in from powerful Afghans for a military strategy going forward, and then to put a warrior in charge of the effort, a reference to Defense Minister General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi.
Biden lauded the Afghan armed forces, 3,00,000 member strong trained by the U.S. versus 70,000 of the Taliban. Days later, the Afghan military started folding against the massive insurrection and collapse.