Veterans plead with US Congress to help Afghan allies left behind – video

Military members and veterans of the Afghanistan war offered harrowing eyewitness testimonies of the chaotic and deadly withdrawal from the country's longest conflict, during an hours-long congressional hearing on Wednesday.

They also pleaded with Congress to help the Afghan allies left behind.

In searing, sometimes graphic detail, several witnesses recounted their experiences as active duty service members sent to assist with the evacuation of US troops and civilians from Afghanistan as the Taliban swept to power in August 2021.

The hearing was the first in what is expected to be a multi-part investigation by Republicans into the Biden administration's handling of the evacuation from Afghanistan

• Veterans give searing testimony on US withdrawal from Afghanistan at hearing