The Biden White House is blaming the 'conditions created by his predecessor' for the way the U.S. ended its more than two-decade-long military presence in Afghanistan in 2021.
Afghan people climb atop a plane as they wait at the Kabul airport in Kabul on Aug. 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city's airport trying to flee the group's feared hardline brand of Islamist rule.The Biden White House is blaming the"conditions created by his predecessor" for the way the U.S. ended its more than two-decade-long military presence in Afghanistan in 2021.
The assessment is part of a National Security Council document that provides the Biden administration's views on the controversial withdrawal that ultimately resulted in the deaths of American service members.The assessment notes that in his last 11 months in office, Trump ordered a series of drawdowns of U.S. troops. He lowered the number from 8,600 in June 2020 to 4,500 in September 2020.
"During the transition from the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration, the outgoing Administration provided no plans for how to conduct the final withdrawal or to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies," the assessment said."Indeed, there were no such plans in place when President Biden came into office, even with the agreed upon full withdrawal just over three months away.
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