Democrats in charge of three Senate committees are vowing to hold hearings on the bungled U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, a reflection of how little political cover the Biden administration is getting from its allies on Capitol Hill as chaos engulfs the Middle Eastern country. But he also called out the Biden administration for its “flawed” execution of a plan that didn’t adequately foresee the rapid and stunning collapse of the Afghan government. “In implementing this flawed plan, I am disappointed that the Biden administration clearly did not accurately assess the implications of a rapid U.S. withdrawal,” Menendez said in a statement on Tuesday. withdrawal." Intelligence reports earlier this summer questioned whether Afghan security forces would muster serious resistance to the Taliban and whether the government could hold on in Kabul, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

Source: Huffington Post August 17, 2021 21:22 UTC