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from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-troops-evacuation-afghanistan-report-b2014182.html

An after-action report of the final withdrawal of US forces and
civilians from Kabul faulted the Biden administration for the chaos that unfolded in the final days of the occupation of Afghanistan.

In the declassified report, published by The Washington Post on Saturday evening, officials at the Pentagon said specific decisions – or lack thereof------

from https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-jake-tapper-biden-rejection-report-afghanistan-insulting

CNN's Jake Tapper calls Biden's rejection of Army’s after-action report
on Afghanistan 'insulting'
Biden called out for 'rejecting' US Army report on Afghanistan
By Lindsay Kornick | Fox News

Thousands march to Ukraine's capital Kyiv amid fears of Russian-led invasion Sunday’s "State of the Union" featured a critique of President Biden’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by CNN host Jake Tapper.

A preview of Biden’s pre-Super Bowl interview aired on "NBC Nightly
News" with Lester Holt on Thursday. In the segment, Biden admitted that
he rejected the U.S. Army investigative report that argued the
administration was not prepared to pull out troops from Afghanistan in
August.

"Yes, I am." Biden said. "I’m rejecting them."

Despite the report, he also insisted that he was not told about the
degree to which the White House was prepared to remove troops in
Afghanistan and instead argued "there was no good time to get out."

This answer did not appear to satisfy Tapper.

"It’s difficult to overstate how insulting Biden’s sweeping rejection is
to so many service members and veterans," Tapper said.

"Given the full content of the two-thousand pages of documents and this
U.S. Army investigation which CNN has also obtained, many accounts are
from troops who were on the ground at the gates near the canal around
the airport, non-commissioned officers, junior officers, Joes, people
with little political motivation to lie and heavy legal and moral
obligation to tell the truth in sworn statements," he added.

A Taliban fighter guards the entrance of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in
Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
A Taliban fighter guards the entrance of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in
Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Various CNN guests in the past have defended Biden’s Afghanistan pullout despite an Aug. 26 Kabul terror attack that left 13 U.S. service members
and dozens of Afghans dead.

"I don’t doubt that President Biden cares, but I do not understand why
he would not manifest that care into taking this investigation more
seriously, absorbing the tragic details, contemplating the obvious
failures of his administration, failures that cost lives," Tapper said.

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