KABUL (Pajhwok): The 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan was a catastrophe, says an ex-US Marine, recalling the chaotic situation in the build-up to the exit.
Wounded in Afghanistan, Tyler Vargas-Andrews testified before Congress on Wednesday, according to the BBC. “There was an inexcusable lack of accountability and negligence.”
He was among the US military personnel guarding the Kabul airport on August 26, 2021, when throngs of people trying to flee the country came under attack.
At least 170 Afghan civilians and 13 US troops were killed in the massive suicide bombing.
Sgt Vargas-Andrews claimed he and another . . .
