Two former senior US military leaders who oversaw the U.S.'s withdrawal from Afghanistan are set to testify in front of a House committee on Tuesday afternoon.
, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who retired this past fall, and Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command who left his position in 2022, will appear in front of the. While both leaders have testified in front of Congress in the past, it will be their first time as retired officials, which could allow them to speak more freely.
The Taliban carried out a military offensive throughout the country, regaining territory in part without fighting against the U.S.-backed and trained Afghan army, which at times put its arms down willingly. Defense officials have since acknowledged the difficulty in accurately calculating a military’s willingness to fight.
“Our investigation has uncovered repeated instances of the White House refusing to listen to warnings about the situation on the ground in the country,” McCaul’s written opening remarks say. “Additionally, the committee has learned the State Department did not request an emergency evacuation until after Kabul was surrounded. As a result, it took until Aug. 17 for the airport to be secured so U.S. personnel and equipment could get on the ground to begin an evacuation.
With the Taliban having overthrown the U.S.-backed Ghani government, the U.S. military began an NEO out of Hamid Karzai International Airport. Tens of thousands of Afghan civilians swarmed the outer gates of the airport, desperately hoping to get on one of the aircraft out of the country every day for the latter half of the month of August.
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