President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday released a summary of classified reports that mostly blamed the chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan on his predecessor, Donald Trump, for failing to plan for the withdrawal he had agreed on with the Taliban.
The withdrawal that ended America’s longest war saw tens of thousands of Afghans desperate to flee a return of hardline Taliban rule besiege Kabul’s international airport, some handing babies to US troops or breaking in and hanging onto departing aircraft.
The announcement came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned saboteurs were acting inside Russia.
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