The State Department’s secret after-action review on the Afghanistan withdrawal blamed both President Trump and President Biden for the chaos of the 2021 exit, saying their decisions to set a timetable “had serious consequences” for the Afghan government.
Neither administration gave enough thought to worst-case scenarios, the report said, according to excerpts released by Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Mr. McCaul, Texas Republican, said he was releasing some of the unclassified parts of the report, which the State Department has hidden from the public, citing some classified material included. “Upon review of the document, there does not appear to be any reason an appropriate version could not be made available for public release,” he said. “I therefore call upon the Department to publicly release the After-Action Review’s already unclassified executive summary, findings, and recommendations sections immediately, and an unclassified version of the complete document within 60 days.”
The Biden team’s decision to give up Bagram Air Base and rely solely on the airport in Kabul has come under particular scrutiny, with the after-action review citing that as a limit on U.S. capabilities in 2021.Mr. Trump struck a deal with the Taliban in 2020 to withdraw U.S. forces by May 2021. He was eager to be the president who ended America’s 20-year commitment.
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