{"id":2002528,"date":"2023-08-16T13:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T17:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-reveals-how-biden-admins-reliance-on-taliban-led-to-deaths-of-troops\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T13:56:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T17:56:22","slug":"book-reveals-how-biden-admins-reliance-on-taliban-led-to-deaths-of-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-reveals-how-biden-admins-reliance-on-taliban-led-to-deaths-of-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Book exposes Biden Admin&#8217;s deadly dependence on Taliban, resulting in troop fatalities."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fbook-reveals-how-biden-admins-reliance-on-taliban-led-to-deaths-of-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=2002528&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--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Taliban fighters in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2021 \/ Getty \u200bImages<\/h2>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>A Missed Opportunity: How the Biden Administration&#8217;s\u2063 Dependence on the Taliban \u200dLed to the Kabul Airport Bombing<\/h3>\n<p>A new book reveals the shocking\u200b details of the Biden administration&#8217;s reliance on the Taliban for security during the chaotic 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal. This dependence resulted in\u200d two missed opportunities that could have potentially prevented\u2062 the deadly Kabul airport bombing, which tragically\u2062 claimed the lives of 13 American service members.<\/p>\n<p>The book, titled <em>Kabul<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12400973\/Kabul-Afghanistan-suicide-attack-airport-13-Biden.html\">claims<\/a> that U.S. officials\u2063 were aware of an\u200d imminent threat in the days \u2063leading up to the ISIS-K \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-nashville-bomber-anthony-warner-perished-at-scene-dna-was-found-at-site-of-explosion-us-attorney-video\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Nashville Bomber Anthony Warner Perished at Scene, DNA Was Found at Site of Explosion: US Attorney (VIDEO)\">suicide bombing<\/a>. The attack occurred at the Abbey Gate, the main\u2062 entrance\u200d to the airport where thousands of Afghans were\u2063 desperately trying to evacuate the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to the book, the first missed opportunity to prevent\u200c the attack occurred when the Taliban, upon \u2062whom the United States heavily relied for security cooperation, refused to raid a hotel known to be housing \u2063ISIS-K.\u2064 The second missed opportunity came when the United States\u2064 decided against a drone strike due to a &#8220;negative response&#8221; from \u2064Taliban officials.<\/p>\n<p>Co-authored by Jerry Dunleavy, an investigator for the GOP committee investigating the withdrawal, and James Hasson, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Afghanistan,\u200d the book sheds \u200dlight on the dangerous decision to entrust the Taliban with security at Kabul airport. Dunleavy\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12400973\/Kabul-Afghanistan-suicide-attack-airport-13-Biden.html\">states<\/a>, &#8220;Our\u200d findings, revealed in\u200c the Pentagon&#8217;s own\u200d documents and the testimonies of military officers\u200b involved in the Afghanistan evacuation, provide damning evidence of the perilous folly of relying on terrorists like the Taliban for airport security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Transcripts\u2062 from communication \u2063channels, as detailed in the book, expose the knowledge military officials had\u2062 about the impending attack. The <em>Daily Mail<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12400973\/Kabul-Afghanistan-suicide-attack-airport-13-Biden.html\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An officer, whose name is redacted, describes a meeting of ambassadors and military attach\u00e9s in Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I shared intelligence about the pending attack, so everyone was aware, and knew it was\u2062 happening,&#8217; said the officer. &#8216;The intelligence community didn&#8217;t know the gate, but assessed it would be Abbey Gate due to the number of people there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bgate was\u200b initially\u2063 due\u2064 to close around then but the British government and others \u2062lobbied to keep it open as\u200d they sought to rescue their last remaining\u200d citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The threat of an attack was so\u200b high, report Dunleavy and Hassan, that Marines\u200d there were ordered on to one knee all night to reduce their exposure to an explosion. A day\u2063 later medical units were told to be on alert\u2062 for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-numerous-illegal-immigrants-dead-after-getting-in-car-crash-while-running-from-cops\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Numerous \u2018Illegal Immigrants\u2019 Dead After Getting In Car Crash While Running From Cops\">mass casualty event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Heartbroken parents of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-reveals-how-biden-admins-reliance-on-taliban-led-to-deaths-of-troops\/\" title=\"Book exposes Biden Admin's deadly dependence on Taliban, resulting in troop fatalities.\">13 military service members killed<\/a> at\u200b the airport <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/flashback-why-gold-star-parents-are-furious-at-biden-for-afghanistan\/\">testified<\/a> earlier this \u200dmonth, with one father urging \u2062Biden to take \u2062responsibility for his mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/gop-pushes-for-public-release-of-classified-info-related-to-afghan-withdrawal\/\">pushing<\/a> for legislation that would compel the State Department to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-seeking-info-on-bungled-afghanistan-withdrawal-hit-blinken-with-subpoena\/\" title=\"Republicans Seeking Info on Bungled Afghanistan Withdrawal Hit Blinken With Subpoena\">disclose classified information<\/a>, potentially revealing that the Biden administration was aware in advance of\u200b the chaotic \u200dnature of the withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>Michael McCaul (R., Texas), chairman of the House\u2062 Foreign Affairs Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-ignored-warnings-before-afghan-withdrawal-disaster-gop-rep-says\/\">stated<\/a> in May, after reviewing a classified cable\u200d from State Department officials at the time of \u2063the withdrawal, that the Biden administration ignored warnings\u200d from U.S. officials on the \u2063ground.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, despite the revelations, the Biden administration continues to send funds to Afghanistan. The <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/biden-admin-has-given-2-35-billion-to-taliban-controlled-afghanistan\/\">reports<\/a> that over $2.35 billion has been sent to the country since \u2064the Taliban takeover, despite concerns that the funds \u2062could end up in the hands of\u200b the\u2063 terrorist regime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A book titled Kabul reveals how the Biden administration&#8217;s reliance on the Taliban for security in the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal resulted in two chances being missed to prevent the fatal Kabul airport bombing, which killed 13 Americans. 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