The US State Department acknowledged the negligence and omissions committed by the Trump and Biden administrations in arranging the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, according to a government policy brief.
The text of the 21-page “post factual analysis” document, which focused on the overall measures taken from January 2020 to August 2021, says that the administrations of Donald Trump and Joe Biden did not properly consider the “worst case.” scenarios and at what speed they can be achieved” when planning the end of the 2020s of the American presence in Afghanistan.
The Foreign Ministry said the rapid withdrawal of forces deprived the diplomats of a needed force of support, while maintaining a small military unit to ensure the security of the embassy, which was not agreed with the Taliban, who are under sanctions of the countries due to terrorist activities when the movement seized the capital Kabul.
Transfer of control to the air “Bagram”.
The decision to transfer the Bagram airbase to the control of the Afghan authorities was criticized by diplomats, as it was the result of the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from Kabul International Airport alone.
The report stated that the State Department itself created an expanded task force to deal with Afghan events, and also faced a shortage of experienced personnel, and an influx of phone calls, including from “current and former officials, members of Congress and / or known persons from who have requests to help this or that Afghan.”
“Responding to such demands often puts State Department personnel at heightened risk and makes it difficult to evacuate large groups of people,” the report said.
The same source continued, “Introductory and general, ever-changing political messages from Washington regarding what population is eligible to move and how the embassy should communicate and manage that flow, added to the confusion, often without taking into account the basic facts about the land.”
“Championship of Diplomats”
On the other hand, the document says that the diplomats showed themselves “heroically in dangerous and difficult circumstances”, confirming the evacuation of 125,000 people, including 6,000 US citizens.
It is known that in early August 2021, the Taliban intensified their offensive against the government forces of Afghanistan, entering the capital Kabul on August 15, and the next day announcing the end of the war.
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