The Taliban took to the streets of Kabul on Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the Biden-Harris administration’s failed withdrawal from Afghanistan.
To make matters worse, Islamic extremists Paraded Surrounding the former Bagram Air Base are expensive U.S. military weapons and vehicles that were abandoned during the hasty withdrawal of the U.S. along with its citizens. Kamala Harris’ withdrawal
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Taliban leaders, who are yet to be recognised internationally, along with Iranian and Communist Chinese diplomats, spoke about the importance of retaking Kabul on August 15, 2021, boasting about achieving “peace and security” by promoting Islamic law and strengthening the military system.
Reported The Associated Press.
“The Islamic Emirate has resolved internal discord and expanded the scope of unity and cooperation within the country,” said Mohammed Abdul Kabir, a senior Taliban official who is now acting third deputy prime minister for political affairs. “No one will be allowed to interfere in our internal affairs and Afghanistan’s territory will not be used against any country.”
Islamic extremists have claimed Afghanistan has prospered in recent years, but the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the country
attention It said on Wednesday that religious minorities, women, journalists, former government security officials and other groups have been subject to “severe and targeted human rights violations by the Taliban” over the past three years, “including arbitrary arrests and detentions, unlawful killings, acts amounting to enforced disappearances, rape and other crimes of sexual violence, torture and ill-treatment.”
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana)
attention that picture The Taliban military parade, which featured American equipment, was a “stark reminder that the Biden-Harris administration has chosen to arm the Taliban and leave American soldiers behind.”
“We will never forget the devastating consequences of the White House’s reckless withdrawal from Afghanistan,” Johnson added.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Written“It’s infuriating. This is Kamala Harris’ gift to the Taliban.”
The Pentagon confirmed that more than $7 billion in military equipment was effectively left with the Taliban.
“When Joe Biden made the disastrous decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, Kamala Harris was the last person in the room with him.”
The Blaze News previously reported that an intelligence assessment estimated that 2,000 armored vehicles and 40 aircraft, including UH-60 Black Hawk and reconnaissance attack helicopters and ScanEagle military drones, were left behind for the Taliban.
Last year, the House Budget Committee
attention Additionally, 181,640 air-to-surface munitions and 50,150 practice munitions were left behind, along with 9,200 guidance, control, assembly, fuse or launching devices; “substantially all” night vision, surveillance, biometric and positioning equipment, totaling approximately 42,000 pieces of specialized equipment; and “substantially all communications equipment, including base stations, mobile, portable and handheld commercial and military radio systems, and associated transmitters and encryption equipment.”
These figures do not include all the American-made weapons that the Taliban inevitably seized from Afghan forces and ended up in the militants’ hands.
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction revealed that the United States provided Afghan forces with more than 7,000 machine guns, 4,702 Humvees, 20,040 grenades, 2,520 bombs, and 1,394 grenade launchers between 2017 and 2019. Prior to the withdrawal, the United States also provided the Afghan military with 211 aircraft.
Much more than weapons were lost in the Biden-Harris retreat.
Amid the chaos, an Islamic militant who was reportedly released a few days earlier from Parwan Prison at Bagram Air Base carried out a suicide bomb attack on August 26, 2021 at Abiy Gate, the last route for Afghans to enter Hamid Karzai International Airport.
The ISIS/Khorasan suicide bombing killed 11 Marines, one soldier, and one sailor: Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui, Lance Corporal David Lee Espinosa, Sergeant Nicole Gee, Staff Sergeant Taylor Huber, Staff Sergeant Ryan Knaus, Lance Corporal Hunter Lopez, Lance Corporal Riley McCollum, Lance Corporal Dylan R. Merola, Sergeant Johany Rosario-Picardo, Lance Corporal Humberto Sanchez, Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz, Naval Hospital Corporal Maxton Sobiak, and Lance Corporal Daegan William Tyler Page.
The attack left 45 other military personnel wounded and at least 170 Afghan civilians killed.
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (NY)
said “Today marks three years since the Biden-Harris Administration’s debacle in withdrawing from Afghanistan. The American people must never forget the 13 service members who lost their lives in this entirely preventable tragedy and the Gold Star families they left behind. We must honor their lives and sacrifices and continue to demand accountability and transparency,” he said in a statement Thursday.
Stefanik added, “Kamala Harris was the last person in the room with Joe Biden when he made the disastrous decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. Kamala Harris is responsible for this disastrous withdrawal and proves how incompetent, incompetent and dangerous she is to be our nation’s Commander in Chief.”
Harris
Confirmed He told CNN in April 2021 that he was the last person in the room after Biden decided on his withdrawal plan and that he was comfortable with the decision.
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) Tweeted “Three years ago today, Kabul fell to the Taliban. Kamala Harris must answer questions about her role in the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan,” he said Thursday.
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