A House Committee issued a subpoena to the State Department for a 2021 dissent cable in which U.S. diplomats in Kabul called for a hastened evacuation and warned that the Taliban’s takeover of the Afghan capital was imminent
The classified cable was sent by U.S. diplomats warning of the Taliban’s advance and urging the evacuation of Afghan personnelafp contributor#afp/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee issued a subpoena to the State Department for a 2021 dissent cable in which diplomats with the U.S.
Embassy in Kabul called for a hastened evacuation and warned that the Taliban’s takeover of the Afghan capital was imminent.late Monday, committee Chairman Michael McCaul said the panel made “multiple good faith attempts” to obtain the cable, adding “unfortunately, Secretary [of State Antony] Blinken has refused to provide the Dissent Cable and his response to the cable, forcing me to issue by first subpoena as chairman of this committee.
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