Biden administration blames Trump for chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal.

The Biden administration has released a 12-page summary of the results of the "hotwash" of U.S. policies around the ending of the nation's longest war, blaming his predecessor, President Donald Trump, for the deadly and chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. The report acknowledges that the evacuation of Americans and allies from Afghanistan should have started sooner, but blames the delays on the Afghan government and military, and on U.S. military and intelligence community assessments. The report does fault overly optimistic intelligence community assessments about the Afghan army's willingness to fight, and says Biden followed military commanders' recommendations for the pacing of the drawdown of U.S. forces.