The Biden administration blames its predecessors for the failure.
The US government published a report on the hasty withdrawal of its own military personnel from Afghanistan. In the report, the administration of US President Joe Biden largely blames his predecessor Donald Trump for the withdrawal, which was widely seen as a failure.
According to the 12-page report by various intelligence services led by the National Security Council, Biden was “severely constrained” in his decisions on how to carry out the withdrawal by the conditions created by Trump. When Biden took office, the Taliban were in their strongest military position since 2001, he said. At the same time, only 2,500 US troops were in Afghanistan, fewer than at any other time in the same period.
tight schedule
Referring to Trump, he goes on to say that in February 2020 the US promised the Taliban to withdraw from Afghanistan by May 2021. In return, the Taliban agreed not to attack US troops. Biden was then faced with this tight schedule, the report said. Otherwise, the Taliban would have attacked US and allied units.
In April 2021, Biden announced that he would unconditionally withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by September 11 at the latest. In July, Biden brought forward the full withdrawal date to August 31. But by August 15, the Taliban had captured the Afghan capital, Kabul.
With the withdrawal, the international military operation in the country ended after almost 20 years. The mission in Afghanistan is considered the longest American war in history. Biden was heavily criticized after the withdrawal.
Retired in August 2021
The last US troops left Afghanistan in late August 2021. In the midst of the evacuation operation, dozens of Afghans and 13 US soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack outside Kabul airport. Islamic State, which is an enemy of the radical Islamist Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack. The Taliban took power in Kabul in mid-August.
Learning was learned through deduction, he said in the report. Since then, an early withdrawal has been prioritized should the security situation at a location deteriorate.
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