Trump rejected the White House's claims that the withdrawal from Afghanistan was too hasty because of his previous handling of the situation in the country.
and the White House of being"morons" for their hasty withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in August 2021.
In the spring of 2021, the Biden administration called for a swift end to the"forever war" in Afghanistan, which was soon followed by the collapse of the Afghan government and its military and the return of theThe withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country was accompanied by an explosion of violence which hit American soldiers as well as Afghan civilians, with an Islamic State suicide bomber carrying out an attack that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 170 civilians.
But faced with questions from reporters for more than an hour about the government's review, Kirby also defended the White House's efforts to try to evacuate troops and civilians, and said that"for all this talk of chaos, I just didn't see it." He also put much of the blame for the late and hasty withdrawal on Trump.
Trump had previously agreed with the Taliban that he would pull forces from Afghanistan by the spring of 2021. According to Kirby, when Biden took office American troops in Afghanistan, estimated at about 2,500,that the withdrawal was done too quickly, calling the Biden administration's attempt to blame him for it"a new disinformation game."
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