The House Foreign Affairs Committee released a second tranche of transcribed interviews with State Department officials, revealing critical insights into the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan. The documents indicate that the State Department's lack of preparedness led to dangerous conditions in Afghanistan reaching a tipping point. State Department officials admitted to House investigators that they had to create withdrawal plans from scratch, highlighting the absence of a pre-existing strategy. This revelation comes alongside testimony that the top diplomat responsible for overseeing the evacuation was appointed after Kabul's fall without a pre-existing plan, further emphasizing the chaotic nature of the withdrawal. The situation at Kabul airport was described as chaotic, with evacuation plans being hastily formulated as the situation deteriorated. Tragically, the disarray during the withdrawal led to the loss of 12 soldiers.
12 soliders paid the price for this haphazard withdrawl State Department officials told House investigators they created Afghanistan withdrawal plans from scratch https://t.co/9gpKXkYgFa
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Top diplomat who ran botched Afghanistan evacuation was picked after Kabul fell, was given no plan: testimony https://t.co/cRb7863T8o https://t.co/ZsKy23cok4
π¨π¨π¨ Exclusive: State Department officials told House investigators they created Afghanistan withdrawal plans from scratch https://t.co/1alXto2mL5
TODAY π¨ The committee released a second tranche of transcribed interviews with @StateDept officials on the Biden administration's disastrous withdrawal from #Afghanistan, further evidencing State's failure to plan drove dangerous conditions in Afghanistan over the tipping point.