US Watchdog ‘Cannot Assure’ Afghanistan Aid Not Going to Taliban

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The Spin

Republican narrative

The evidence continues to mount that the Biden admin.'s rushed and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan directly led to the fall of Kabul and the Taliban returning to power. There's no excuse for the unjust suffering the Afghan people have endured since then, all because Biden wanted to score some cheap political points, and now it seems he is indirectly supporting the Taliban. This admin. must be held accountable for its continued foreign policy failures.

Democratic narrative

The US' disastrous invasion and occupation of Afghanistan under George W. Bush and hasty Trump-era policies, not Biden's withdrawal, are to blame for the fall of Kabul and the current humanitarian crisis. The fact that Afghan security forces crashed immediately following the US withdrawal indicates that the security situation was simply unsustainable, and the collapse was inevitable. There are, of course, valid criticisms of the withdrawal, but most have been unnecessary partisan attacks against Biden.

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