The reports on the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops were being transmitted to the relevant congressional committees, the departments said.
— As the Biden administration finished two after-action reviews of the chaotic August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, the White House blamed former President Donald Trump for two factors that played a major role in the transition: the short timeline of the withdrawal and the state of military operations when he left office.
The Pentagon and State Department's separate after-action reviews on the withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan were being transmitted to the relevant congressional committees Thursday afternoon. The National Security Council on Thursday released its own, incomplete summary sharing its perspective on the withdrawal, but the document didn't pinpoint or dig into specific failures. Kirby said the NSC's"document and this effort isn't about accountability today — it's about understanding." Kirby said the president has been"fully briefed" on both the Pentagon and State reports, and"had input" on the NSC paper.
President Biden has defended ending the"longest war in American history," but has rarely spoken about the withdrawal in major speeches. The president did not directly mention the American troops killed during the withdrawal in his State of the Union address six months later, an omission Republicans fiercely criticized.
"No comments, none, about this withdrawal would be complete without mention of the deadly attack on the Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport on the 26th of August," Kirby said."But the president at the time made it clear to operational commanders that force protection remained his highest priority."
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