The U.S. acknowledged its evacuations from Afghanistan in 2021 should have begun sooner — but largely blamed the Trump administration, according to a newly released National Security Council document outlining key moments.
was expected to give Congress detailed, classified information on the U.S. decision-making behind and execution of the withdrawal, officials said Thursday."There were no signs that more time, more funds, or more Americans at risk in Afghanistan would have yielded a fundamentally different trajectory," the summary states, in defense of Biden's decisions.
The document points to these decisions, the rapid withdrawal of troops and lack of planning as reason for Biden taking office while "the Taliban were in the strongest military position that they had been in since 2001." It blames the former administration for gutting the U.S. refugee network and allowing a backlog of more than 18,000 Afghan allies who had applied for Special Immigrant Visa status.The situation in Afghanistan directly informed decisions made in respect to Ukraine, according to the report:
"In a destabilizing security environment, we now err on the side of aggressive communication about risks. We did this in advance of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine."and is "continuing to facilitate the departures of American citizens who chose to stay or returned to Afghanistan despite our grave warnings," according to the summary.
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