Washington:
The American Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth ordered an “extensive assessment” of the chaotic military withdrawal from the United States from Afghanistan in August 2021, an evacuation operation in which 13 American service members and 150 Afghans were killed at Kabul airport in an Islamic state bombardments.
It was unclear how the assessment of Hegseeth would differ from the many previous assessments that were carried out – also by the US Army, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and even the fellow republicans of President Donald Trump in the House of Representatives.
Hegseeth can be accused of politicizing the case. The BIDEN administration, which supervised the depreciation of 2021, usually blamed the resulting chaos of a lack of planning and reductions of troops by the first Trump government after a 2020 deal with the Taliban to withdraw American troops.
On the campaign track, Trump often criticized Biden and his administration for the withdrawal.
In a memo, Hegseeth said that after three months of revision of the withdrawal, an extensive assessment was needed to guarantee the accountability for this event.
“This remains an important step in the direction of recovering trust and trust with the American people and all those who wear the uniform and is wise on the basis of the number of victims and equipment lost during the performance of this withdrawal operation,” Hegseeth wrote.
In a statement at the memo, he said that Pentagon and Senior Advisor Sean Parnell spokesperson would lead the assessment. Other persons who served in Afghanistan, such as Stuart Scheller, who was publicly critical about the withdrawal while he was in the Marine Corps, would be part of the assessment panel.
Senior American military officials, including the then secretary Lloyd Austin and the then American General Mark Milley, have already appeared before legislators.
US Central Command, which supervises the activities in the Middle East, has also conducted an investigation into the attack of the Islamic State that killed the 13 American troops and dozens of Afghans during the last few days of the withdrawal.
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