Former president Barack ObamaAs the Taliban insurgent forces entered the capital Kabul and strengthened its control over Afghanistan, the ethics chief on Sunday criticized the Biden administration for failing to plan an evacuation operation adequately to rescue more U.S. allies in Afghanistan.
“Afghans who withdraw support for the United States should cast a wider net and make better plans. This is an unforgivable failure of this administration. When images of executions begin to spread, let us also remember Trump’s desire Invite Taliban warlords to Camp David,” wrote Walter Shaub, who served as director of the U.S. Government Ethics Office from 2013 to 2017, on Twitter.
The Taliban occupied at least 26 of Afghanistan’s 34 capital cities in less than two weeks. This rapid progress apparently shocked the White House’s senior advisers. Just four days ago, US defense officials also predicted that it would take one to three months for the Taliban insurgents to isolate Kabul and take over it.
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As the Taliban forces entered Kabul, the slow movement of the United States to evacuate its Afghan allies has turned into a humanitarian crisis. The Biden administration scrambled to rescue and resettle thousands of Afghans in danger associated with the U.S. government.
Responding to the crisis, Biden Increase the number of troops It was deployed on Saturday to assist in the “orderly and safe downsizing” to 5,000 people.
State Department Spokesperson Ned Price Friday said Approximately 1,200 Afghans were evacuated to the United States under the “Allied Refuge Operation”, some of them went to Virginia, and some were directly transported to the host country of the United States.
The Biden administration has pledged to rescue and relocate another 4,000 vulnerable Afghans who are awaiting the finalization of visa documents before fleeing. Washington post.
Thousands of others who are still in the early stages of application face increasingly severe prospects. As the Taliban accelerate their pace of regaining territory, many people doubt the government’s ability to save all allies in view of the shortening of the time frame.
In a letter dated June 4, a bipartisan group of 21 lawmakers urged Biden to “immediately” evacuate thousands of Afghans working with the US government, saying they were “increasingly worried” that he had not instructed The Ministry of Defense mobilized. Protect Afghan partners from Taliban retaliation.
They wrote: “If we fail to protect our allies in Afghanistan, this will have a lasting impact on our future partnership and global reputation, which will cause great harm to the future of our military and our national security.”
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