A U.S. State Department report criticized the handling of the 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan, saying decisions by Biden & his predecessor Trump to withdraw troops had “serious consequences for the viability” and security of the former U.S.-backed gov't.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“I can’t speak to that internal coordination piece and how the administration settled on the core conclusions that it presented” in April, a senior State Department official said. It praised the performance of American embassy personnel working under difficult conditions like the COVID-19 pandemic and reduced security because of the U.S. troop drawdown, whose speed “compounded the difficulties the department faced.”
While those decisions were outside its scope, the review said that “during both administrations there was insufficient senior-level consideration of worst-case scenarios and how quickly those might follow.”
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