House Foreign Affairs Report: Biden Left Taliban $7B in Weapons After Afghanistan Withdrawal
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The House Foreign Affairs Committee has released its startling 354-page report on the disastrous Biden Administration Afghanistan withdrawal of U.S. troops.
The three-year report criticized the Biden administration for failing to anticipate the Talibanâs takeover and neglecting to prepare for the orderly departure of non-combat personnel.
The erratic decision led to a horrendous evacuation effort and numerous American civilians and U.S.-allied Afghans left stranded and killed by the Taliban.
âOur investigation reveals the Biden-Harris administration had the information and opportunity to take necessary steps to plan for the inevitable collapse of the Afghan government, so we could safely evacuate U.S. personnel, American citizens, green card holders, and our brave Afghan allies,â Foreign Affairs Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said in a statement Sunday.
âAt each step of the way, however, the administration picked optics over security.â
Additionally, the report reveals testimony from 18 administration officials including Gen. Austin Miller, former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and former acting ambassador to Afghanistan Ross Wilson.
The report states that the Biden Administrationâs decision led to classified documents and military equipment being left behind worth over $7 billion as well as the death of 13 service members who were killed by a suicide bomber at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Additionally, the report states that the agencies failed to coordinate and accuse the White House of faltering to listen to recommendations to leave a small military presence in place.
However, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby insisted that âthere was no handover of US equipment to the Taliban,â in response to the damning report.