former President Donald Trump A tie is expected in Monday's vice-presidential election Kamala Harris It marks the chaotic return to the Afghanistan war on the third anniversary of a suicide bombing that killed 13 servicemen.
Republican presidential candidate Trump is expected to visit Arlington National Cemetery to pay tribute to soldiers killed in a bomb blast outside Kabul airport. Trump will then travel to Michigan to address the National Guard Association of the United States conference.
It completed three years on Monday August 26, 2021, suicide bombing The attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport killed 13 American soldiers and more than 100 Afghans. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Since President Joe Biden's re-election bid ended, Trump has been focusing on Harris, now the Democratic presidential nominee, and her role in foreign policy decisions. He particularly highlights the vice president's statements that she was the last person in the room before Biden made a decision on Afghanistan.
“She bragged that she would be the last person in the room, and she was. She was the last person in the room with Biden when they both decided to withdraw troops from Afghanistan,” he said at a rally in North Carolina last week. “She had the final vote. She had the final decision, and she was absolutely prepared to do it.”
Relatives of some of the 13 US military personnel killed Appearances on stage At the Republican National Convention last month, he said Biden never named his loved ones publicly. The display was an implicit response to accusations that Trump doesn't respect veterans and that he previously referred to soldiers killed in World War II as idiots and losers – allegations Trump denied.
The United States under Trump Peace agreement signed The deal with the Taliban was aimed at ending America's longest war and bringing back American troops. Biden later pointed to that deal, saying he wanted to deflect blame for the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. forced him to withdraw his army And a situation of anarchy arose in the country.
A Biden administration to review withdrawal He acknowledged that the evacuation of Americans and allies from Afghanistan should have begun earlier, but blamed the delay on assessments by the Afghan government and military and the US military and intelligence community.
The top two US generals overseeing the evacuation said the administration had inadequately planned for the withdrawal. The country's top military officer at the time, then-Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, told the MPs Earlier this year, he urged Biden to keep a remaining contingent of 2,500 troops as a backup. Instead, Biden decided to keep a much smaller contingent of 650 troops, which would be restricted to protecting the US embassy.