The Republicans open a parliamentary investigation into the US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Members of the US Army in Kabul prior to the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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The Republican camp, which holds the majority in the US House of Representatives, has launched a parliamentary investigation into the chaotic withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in 2021, during which 13 US soldiers were killed in an attack.
And the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives, Michael McCaul, announced that he had asked Secretary of State Anthony Blinken for a series of documents, especially intelligence notes or exchanges with the “Taliban” movement.
McCall said, "It is absurd that the Biden administration has repeatedly rejected our requests for scrutiny, and continues to withhold information about the withdrawal," warning that in the event of a refusal, the committee will not hesitate to move to a binding process.
Democratic President Joe Biden withdrew his country's forces from Afghanistan in August 2021, ending the longest war the United States has ever fought.
But the chaos that accompanied those withdrawals, as well as the return of the "Taliban" to power, put Biden in the face of intense criticism.
Thirteen American soldiers were killed on August 26, 2021, in a bomb attack outside Kabul airport, leaving 173 dead in all.
In addition, diplomats said, the United States urged the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution calling on the Taliban-led authorities in Afghanistan to rescind the ban on women working in aid groups, and for them to attend universities and secondary schools.
The 15-member council met in a closed session, the day before yesterday, to discuss the decisions of the Taliban-led administration that seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021. Diplomats said that the US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas Greenfield, told the council that, given the seriousness of the situation, It should adopt a unanimous resolution condemning the ban and calling for its immediate reversal.
For the resolution to pass, it must be approved by nine members, without Russia, China, Britain, France or the United States using the veto.
Last month, the Security Council unanimously approved an informal statement, denouncing the ban on women and girls in Afghanistan from attending university or working for aid organizations.
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