175 Americans are still in Afghanistan, some held by the Taliban -
As the U.S. approaches the two-year mark since the catastrophic withdrawal, GOP lawmakers called that situation “inexcusable.”“We are working to secure their freedom. The families have asked that we protect their identities and don’t speak publicly to their cases,” he said.
U.S. forces held onto the airport in Kabul to facilitate a chaotic airlift that brought out tens of thousands of people — though many of them were not priority cases — and left behind thousands who should have been evacuated. There are 175 citizens still there, he said. Some of them have been in Afghanistan since the fall of the government, while others had left but went back.“We are working to effectuate their departure,” he told the House Foreign Affairs Committee.“It’s just inexcusable,” he said, ticking off a litany of ills he said followed from the botched withdrawal, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and increased Chinese threats to Taiwan.“I see us ending America’s longest war.
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