Biden administration failed to plan before Afghanistan collapse, U.S. report finds
administration review of the department’s performance during the chaotic evacuation of Americans and Afghan allies.for their efforts before and after the August 2021 departure of U.S. forces from Kabul.
The Biden administration released sections of the long-awaited State report on the Friday before the July 4 holiday weekend, though it withheld most of the report from public release. It had released a National Security Council review of the withdrawal on the day before Good Friday and the Easter weekend but declined to issue internal Pentagon and State Department assessments.
But State “failed to establish a broader task force as the situation in Afghanistan deteriorated,” the report says. “The decisions of both President Trump and President Biden to end the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan had serious consequences for the viability of the Afghan government and its security,” the report says. “Those decisions are beyond the scope of this review, but the team found that during both administrations there was insufficient senior-level consideration of worst-case scenarios and how quickly those might follow.
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