Wednesday, 25 August 2021

'We were not aware of this visit': Pentagon on US congressmen in Kabul during evacuation – video

The Pentagon has responded to the unexpected arrival of two US Congress members in Kabul airport, in what the congressmen claimed was a fact-finding mission but critics have dismissed as grandstanding. “They certainly took time away from what we had planned to do that day,” said John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary. Seth Moulton, a Democratic representative from Massachusetts, and Peter Meijer, a Republican representative from Michigan, astonished state department and military officials in the Afghan capital when they flew in on Tuesday.  * Fury as US congressmen fly into Kabul in midst of evacuation effort Continue reading...
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