{"id":1130484,"date":"2021-12-18T10:58:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1130484"},"modified":"2021-12-18T10:59:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:59:01","slug":"biden-official-declares-we-safely-and-effectively-drew-down-in-afghanistan-despite-13-dead-u-s-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-official-declares-we-safely-and-effectively-drew-down-in-afghanistan-despite-13-dead-u-s-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Official Declares \u2018We Safely And Effectively Drew Down\u2019 In Afghanistan Despite 13 Dead U.S. Troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-official-declares-we-safely-and-effectively-drew-down-in-afghanistan-despite-13-dead-u-s-troops%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1130484&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, declared during a speech on Friday that the administration conducted a safe and effective withdraw from Afghanistan earlier this year despite more than a dozen U.S. troops being killed in the process, several kids being blown up in a drone strike, American citizens being abandoned, and Afghan special-immigrant-visa applicants being left behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStanding here in December, that strategic decision remains the right decision,\u201d Sullivan claimed at the Council on Foreign Relations. \u201cFor the first time in 20 years, there are no U.S. troops in harm\u2019s way in Afghanistan this holiday season. We safely and effectively drew down our diplomatic presence. We lifted tens of thousands of vulnerable Afghans to safety in a unique American example of capacity, commitment, and sheer logistics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden\u2019s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan: \u201cWe safely and effectively drew down\u201d in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>13 U.S. service members were killed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R3I5ielIvl\">pic.twitter.com\/R3I5ielIvl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1471941277662986242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. suspended its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan at approximately the same time that it withdrew the remaining military forces that it had in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/us-suspends-diplomatic-presence-afghanistan-moves-mission-qatar-2021-08-30\/\">reported<\/a> at the time:<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\"><em>The United States has suspended its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan and will conduct its operations out of Qatar, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, adding Washington will press ahead with its \u201crelentless\u201d efforts to help people leave the country, even after its troops have pulled out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\"><em>Blinken\u2019s statement comes after the departure of the last U.S. plane, leaving behind thousands of Afghans who helped Western countries and might have qualified for evacuation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">Sullivan\u2019s controversial claim that the administration \u201csafely and effectively\u201d conducted a draw down in the country comes after 13 U.S. soldiers were murdered in a terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">The 13 troops were murdered by a terrorist who was freed from Bagram prison after U.S. forces abandoned the area amidst Biden\u2019s orders to pull out of the country.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">\u201cSenior Indian intelligence sources familiar with the case have told Firstpost that he was handed over to the United States\u2019 Central Intelligence Agency by the Research and Analysis Wing in September 2017,\u201d Firstpost&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/india\/kabul-airport-suicide-attacker-was-freed-by-taliban-after-four-years-in-cia-custody-for-new-delhi-terror-plot-9976961.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cHowever, the jihadist walked free on 15 August along with thousands of other dangerous terrorists held in the high-security prison, taking advantage of the chaos that ensued in the aftermath of the United State\u2019s hurried exit and the Taliban\u2019s swift takeover of the entire country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie said in an interview late last week that the U.S. had lost virtually all of its capability to track Islamic terrorists in al-Qaeda and other organizations inside Afghanistan after Biden\u2019s pullout from the country.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">The Associated Press&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/us-commander-al-qaeda-numbers-afghanistan-up\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>peaking at the Pentagon, McKenzie said it\u2019s clear that al-Qaeda is attempting to rebuild its presence inside Afghanistan, which was the base from which it planned the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against the United States. He said some militants are coming into the country through its porous borders, but it is hard for the U.S. to track numbers. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>McKenzie and other senior U.S. military and national security officials had said before the U.S. withdrawal that it would complicate efforts to keep a lid on the al-Qaeda threat, in part because of the loss of on-the-ground intelligence information and the absence of a U.S.-friendly government in Kabul. The U.S. says it will rely on airstrikes from drones and other aircraft based beyond Afghanistan\u2019s borders to respond to any extremist threats against the U.S. homeland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re probably at about 1 or 2% of the capabilities we once had to look into Afghanistan,\u201d he said. The AP reported that McKenzie warned that this meant that it was \u201cvery hard\u201d to make sure that major terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS cannot use Afghanistan to launch attacks against the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Other incidents that occurred that counter Sullivan\u2019s claims that the administration \u201csafely and effectively\u201d left the country include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-target-in-kabul-drone-strike-was-aid-worker-no-ties-to-isis-or-secondary-explosion-nyt-reports\">killing<\/a> seven Afghan children in a drone strike, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-afghans-try-to-jump-in-planes-taking-off-people-fall-from-planes-high-in-air-reports-say\">images<\/a> of cargo planes running over people on a runway and people falling off planes to their deaths, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ap-fact-check-41a83656d872e2a5d5d79e18fffae6d7\">abandoning<\/a> American citizens after claiming he would leave the military on the ground until all Americans were out, and abandoning tens of thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/more-than-60-000-interpreters-visa-applicants-remain-in-afghanistan-11639689706\">Afghan allies<\/a> that assisted U.S. forces in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, declared during a speech on Friday that the administration conducted a safe and effective withdraw from Afghanistan earlier this year despite more than a dozen U.S. troops being killed in the process, several kids being blown up in a drone strike, American citizens being abandoned, and Afghan special-immigrant-visa applicants being left behind.\u201cStanding here in December, that strategic decision remains the right decision,\u201d Sullivan claimed at the Council on Foreign Relations. \u201cFor the first time in 20 years, there are no U.S. troops in harm\u2019s way in Afghanistan this holiday season. We safely and effectively drew down our diplomatic presence. We lifted tens of thousands of vulnerable Afghans to safety in a unique American example of capacity, commitment, and sheer logistics.\u201dBiden\u2019s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan: \u201cWe safely and effectively drew down\u201d in Afghanistan.13 U.S. service members were killed. pic.twitter.com\/R3I5ielIvl\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) December 17, 2021The U.S. suspended its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan at approximately the same time that it withdrew the remaining military forces that it had in the country.Reuters reported at the time:The United States has suspended its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan and will conduct its operations out of Qatar, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, adding Washington will press ahead with its \u201crelentless\u201d efforts to help people leave the country, even after its troops have pulled out.Blinken\u2019s statement comes after the departure of the last U.S. plane, leaving behind thousands of Afghans who helped Western countries and might have qualified for evacuation.Sullivan\u2019s controversial claim that the administration \u201csafely and effectively\u201d conducted a draw down in the country comes after 13 U.S. soldiers were murdered in a terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul.The 13 troops were murdered by a terrorist who was freed from Bagram prison after U.S. forces abandoned the area amidst Biden\u2019s orders to pull out of the country.\u201cSenior Indian intelligence sources familiar with the case have told Firstpost that he was handed over to the United States\u2019 Central Intelligence Agency by the Research and Analysis Wing in September 2017,\u201d Firstpost\u00a0reported. \u201cHowever, the jihadist walked free on 15 August along with thousands of other dangerous terrorists held in the high-security prison, taking advantage of the chaos that ensued in the aftermath of the United State\u2019s hurried exit and the Taliban\u2019s swift takeover of the entire country.\u201dMarine Gen. Frank McKenzie said in an interview late last week that the U.S. had lost virtually all of its capability to track Islamic terrorists in al-Qaeda and other organizations inside Afghanistan after Biden\u2019s pullout from the country.The Associated Press\u00a0reported:peaking at the Pentagon, McKenzie said it\u2019s clear that al-Qaeda is attempting to rebuild its presence inside Afghanistan, which was the base from which it planned the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against the United States. He said some militants are coming into the country through its porous borders, but it is hard for the U.S. to track numbers. \u2026McKenzie and other senior U.S. military and national security officials had said before the U.S. withdrawal that it would complicate efforts to keep a lid on the al-Qaeda threat, in part because of the loss of on-the-ground intelligence information and the absence of a U.S.-friendly government in Kabul. The U.S. says it will rely on airstrikes from drones and other aircraft based beyond Afghanistan\u2019s borders to respond to any extremist threats against the U.S. homeland.\u201cWe\u2019re probably at about 1 or 2% of the capabilities we once had to look into Afghanistan,\u201d he said. The AP reported that McKenzie warned that this meant that it was \u201cvery hard\u201d to make sure that major terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS cannot use Afghanistan to launch attacks against the U.S.Other incidents that occurred that counter Sullivan\u2019s claims that the administration \u201csafely and effectively\u201d left the country include killing seven Afghan children in a drone strike, images of cargo planes running over people on a runway and people falling off planes to their deaths, abandoning American citizens after claiming he would leave the military on the ground until all Americans were out, and abandoning tens of thousands of Afghan allies that assisted U.S. forces in the country.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1130484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1130484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1130484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1130484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1130484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}