Top US general says Afghan collapse can be traced to Trump-Taliban deal
by AP in Washington from on (#5Q539)
The Doha agreement, signed in February 2020, set a date for the US to fully withdraw troops by May 2021
The collapse of the Afghan government and its security forces can be traced to a 2020 agreement between the Taliban and the Trump administration that promised a complete US troop withdrawal, senior Pentagon officials have told Congress.
Gen Frank McKenzie, the head of central command, told the House armed services committee that once the US troop presence was pushed below 2,500 as part of President Joe Biden's decision in April to complete a total withdrawal by September, the unraveling of the US-backed Afghan government accelerated.
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