A top Republican lawmaker is demanding the Biden administration share with Congress recent intel reports on Afghanistan in the run-up to the withdrawal of U.S. troops last month, including estimates on the likelihood of a Taliban takeover of the country.
The Biden administration has insisted that the evacuation of about 124,000 Afghans and others from Kabul last monthand vowed to help secure safe passage of American citizens, Afghans who hold green cards, and Afghan allies who still remain in the country following the Taliban’s seizure of power.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Defense Department and the State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment. McCaul called on the administration to submit to Congress within 30 days intelligence reporting presented at White House meetings of senior officials about “the strength and goals of the Taliban, the capabilities of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces to fight the Taliban without our continued support, reliability of senior political leadership in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the evacuation related consequences for not maintaining Bagram Air Base, and the various time...
In addition, he asked for State Department cables and intelligence reports on the threat from the Islamic State terrorist group to Kabul international airport prior to its Aug. 26 attack that“We understand there may have been specific and credible threat information the day before the attack,” he wrote.
In his Sept. 22 letter, McCaul also requested that the administration declassify and make public as much information as possible about the security situation in Afghanistan and the Aug. 26 attack on Kabul airport.
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