US withdrawal triggered catastrophic defeat of Afghan forces, damning watchdog report finds
by Julian Borger in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#5ZCVH)
Report by special inspector general blames Trump and Biden administrations, as well as the Afghan government of Ashraf Ghani
Afghan armed forces collapsed last year because they had been made dependent on US support that was abruptly withdrawn in the face of a Taliban offensive, according to a scathing assessment by a US government watchdog.
A report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (Sigar) on the catastrophic defeat that led to the fall of Kabul on 15 August, blamed the administrations of Donald Trump and Joe Biden as well as the Afghan government of Ashraf Ghani.
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