Category: Afghanistan withdraw

Biden Administration ‘Proud’ of Handling of Afghanistan Withdrawal Amid Criticism: White House

April 6, 2023
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The Biden administration has “a lot to be proud of” in how it handled the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the White House said on April 6. The remarks by National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby came as the administration released a 12-page summary of classified reports that mostly blamed the chaotic U.S. pullout from Afghanistan on…

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State Department Faces Subpoena From Foreign Affairs Committee Over Afghanistan Records

March 23, 2023
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The State Department is facing a potential subpoena from the House Foreign Affairs Committee after failing to disclose a pair of records regarding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The department failed to provide an after-action report and a dissent cable in response to a request by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) by end…

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GOP Senators Urge Biden Administration to Designate the Taliban as a Terrorist Organization

September 15, 2021
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a military veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with a number of her Republican colleagues are urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to take into full consideration the Taliban’s violent actions since seizing complete control of Afghanistan in August and have the United States officially designate the…

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To Avoid Afghan Civil War, Partition the Country

July 22, 2021
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Commentary The Biden Administration is scandalously throwing in the towel on Afghanistan, announcing that after Aug. 31, U.S. airstrikes would no longer protect Afghan government forces from massed Taliban attacks. In response to this U.S. abdication of responsibility to an ally, Afghan troops are surrendering in the face of Taliban military advances on the ground,…

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In Symbolic End to War, US General Departs Afghanistan

July 12, 2021
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KABUL —The U.S. general leading the war in Afghanistan, Austin Miller, relinquished command at a ceremony on Monday and quietly left the country, a symbolic end to America’s longest conflict while Taliban terrorists gain momentum. Miller, America’s last four-star commander to serve on the ground in Afghanistan, climbed aboard a helicopter and lifted off from…

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