Confusion, Chaos, War Crimes: Inside the Harrowing First Days of Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
The Biden administration has sought to portray its botched Afghanistan withdrawal as a success, citing the evacuation of over 124,000 people in 16 days.
However, the harrowing first few days of the evacuation showed how little advance planning there was as the Taliban closed in on the capital.
According to several firsthand witnesses, the ensuing panic and chaos created a disaster zone at the Kabul airport that American troops had to gain control of, and in the process, witness war crimes and other human tragedy. . .
Panic ensued at the embassy. The U.S. embassy’s database had to be remotely wiped as employees on the ground in Kabul escaped. Some embassy staff fled without an extra change of clothes or shoes to the Kabul airport, where they stayed for the next two weeks.
An Afghan American who advised four four-star U.S. generals as a GS-15 U.S. government employee with a security clearance was in Afghanistan visiting his sick mother and received no notice from the embassy. (Read more from “Confusion, Chaos, War Crimes: Inside the Harrowing First Days of Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal” HERE)
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