GOP releases critical report of Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan

A long-awaited GOP report analyzing the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan paints a picture of a President Biden determined to leave the country but fumbling preparations that set the stage for a chaotic and deadly exit from America’s longest war. 

The report from Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released in the shadow of the three-year anniversary of the U.S. exit, criticizes the president for a rushed effort undertaken regardless of counsel from allies and advisers that led to unnecessary deaths.  

“The evidence proves President Biden’s decision to withdraw all U.S. troops was not based on the security situation, the Doha Agreement, or the advice of his senior national security advisors or our allies. Rather, it was premised on his longstanding and unyielding opinion that the United States should no longer be in Afghanistan,” the report states, referencing the Trump administration agreement to leave the country.