WASHINGTON, Aug 17 — The mood was sombre yesterday in the corridors of the Pentagon, where US military personnel watched helplessly as chaos erupted at Kabul airport and privately criticised the slow pace of Joe Biden’s administration in evacuating US-allied Afghans who fear Taliban...
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 — The mood was sombre yesterday in the corridors of the Pentagon, where US military personnel watched helplessly as chaos erupted at Kabul airport and privately criticised the slow pace of Joe Biden’s administration in evacuating US-allied Afghans who fear Taliban retribution.
“We warned them for months, for months” that the situation was urgent, said one military official, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Biden administration assumed that the US embassy in Kabul would remain open and that the Afghan government would retain control of the country for months after the US withdrawal, he said.As soon as Biden announced the withdrawal, the Pentagon said it was making preparations for a mass evacuation.
A crisis cell was then set up to organise the reception of Afghan refugees on US bases as they waited for their visas to be issued.
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