But speculation has persisted, and Congress asked Sopko's team to get to the bottom of it." We

heavily on foreign contractors and trainers.... Sopko spoke of the challenges the Afghans were

close Video Similarities between US Afghanistan and Vietnam withdrawals are' staggering': Hegseth Pete Hegseth sits down with Vietnam War veterans to discuss the parallels between the US withdrawals from Afghanistan and Vietnam. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!... A Taliban fighter secures the area as people queue to receive cash at a money distribution organized by the World Food Program( WFP) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Nov.... Obviously we request this as soon as possibl

WASHINGTON( Reuters)-The biggest factor that led to the collapse of the Afghan military in August last year was the U.S. decision to withdraw forces and contractors from Afghanistan through an agreement with the Taliban signed by the Trump administration and executed by the Biden administration, a U.S. watchdog report concluded. The withdrawal" destroyed" the morale of the Afghan military as it was dependent on U.S. military support, according to an assessment by the Special Inspector General fo

Months before US President Joe Biden announced the United State’s complete withdrawal from Afghanistan last year, Washington’s watchdog warned that the Afghan air force would collapse without critical American aid, training and maintenance.... Billions went to building up the Afghan military forces. Biden announced in April that the last 2, 500-3, 500 US troops would leave along with Nato’s 7, 500 troops, following a deal reached with the Taliban by the Trump administration.... The announcemen

Afghanistan’s former president said he had no choice but to abruptly leave Kabul as the Taliban closed in and denied an agreement was in the works for a peaceful takeover, disputing the accounts of former Afghan and U.S. officials.... He also denied widespread accusations that he left Afghanistan with millions in stolen money.... 15 left the city rudderless as U.S. and NATO forces were in the final stages of their chaotic withdrawal from the country after 20 years....

In this file photo taken in Washington on June 25, 2021, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is seen seated after his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden.... He also denied widespread accusations that he left Afghanistan with millions in stolen money.... 15 left the city rudderless as U.S. and NATO forces were in the final stages of their chaotic withdrawal from the country after 20 years....

He also denied widespread accusations that he left Afghanistan with millions in stolen money. Ghani's sudden and secret departure Aug.... 15 left the city rudderless as U.S. and NATO forces were in the final stages of their chaotic withdrawal from the country after 20 years." On the morning of that day, I had no inkling that by late afternoon I would be leaving," Ghani told BBC radio.... Washington has spent$ 146 billion on reconstruction in Afghanistan since the overthrow in 2001 of the Talib

Cotton on Afghanistan falling to the Taliban Sen.... They are the strongest institution in Afghanistan." Then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates at a hearing of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2011.... All the signs have been there," he said....

Mr Sharifi, wanted by the Taliban for interrogation, is hiding at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan.... “ Hundreds of millions, perhaps billions of dollars.... There were many big bags, and they were heavy.” He said he was disappointed as he liked Mr Ghani....