President Joe Biden announced Saturday that he's authorized the deployment of 5,000 troops to Afghanistan to ensure "an orderly and safe" drawdown and evacuate U.S. personnel as well as Afghans who helped American troops as Taliban militants continued to make rapid territorial gains across the country. Biden released a statement announcing he would dispatch additional troops, along with a series of actions aimed at helping Afghan forces blunt the Taliban onslaught, following a morning meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris and his national security team, according to a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the meeting. The total number includes the 3,000 troops the Pentagon sent to Afghanistan on Thursday to help evacuate U.S. Embassy personnel from Kabul as conditions worsened amid the Taliban offensive. The president also said U.S. officials have warned Taliban officials in Doha, Qatar, that any action on the ground in Afghanistan that threatens the safety of U.S personnel or the mission there "will be met with a swift and strong U.S. military response." #biden #breakingnews #news #afghanistan