{"id":2437383,"date":"2025-05-21T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terrifying-news-for-those-responsible-for-disastrous-afghan-withdrawal-hegseth-never-forgot\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T11:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:00:15","slug":"terrifying-news-for-those-responsible-for-disastrous-afghan-withdrawal-hegseth-never-forgot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terrifying-news-for-those-responsible-for-disastrous-afghan-withdrawal-hegseth-never-forgot\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrifying News for Those Responsible for Disastrous Afghan Withdrawal &#8211; Hegseth Never Forgot"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fterrifying-news-for-those-responsible-for-disastrous-afghan-withdrawal-hegseth-never-forgot%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=2437383&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>Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has initiated a special review panel to investigate the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the decisions that led to the Taliban regaining control of the country. A memo from Hegseth emphasized the need for transparency regarding the withdrawal process, which was rooted in an agreement made by the Trump administration.The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-pediatricians-reaffirm-child-gender-transition-policy-as-europe-sounds-alarm\/\" title=\"US pediatricians &#039;reaffirm&#039; child gender transition policy as Europe raises concerns.\">review aims<\/a> to assess the failures and decisions made during this critical period,particularly as the Afghan National Security Forces collapsed without American support,leading to a rapid Taliban takeover and the loss of military equipment to extremist groups. The withdrawal culminated in a suicide bombing that resulted in the deaths of 13 American service members and many Afghan civilians, marking one of the deadliest days of the war. Hegseth stressed the importance of accountability for those responsible for the withdrawal&#8217;s failures and intends to ensure that such oversights are not repeated in the future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed a special review panel to be convened, examining the disastrous American withdrawal from Afghanistan and identifying the shot-callers that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >effectively handed control<\/a> of the country back to the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>A Tuesday memo from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pete-hegseth-announces-historic-move-restructure-military-less-generals-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hegseth<\/a> outlined the reasons for this much-needed review.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump and I have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hegseth-launches-task-force-to-probe-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"... Launches Task Force To Probe Afghanistan ...\">formally pledged full transparency<\/a> for what transpired during our military withdrawal from Afghanistan,&rdquo; the memo read.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Department of Defense has an obligation,&rdquo; it continued, &ldquo;both to the American people and to the warfighters who sacrificed their youth in Afghanistan, to get to the facts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The withdrawal has its foundations in a deal struck between the Taliban and the first administration of President Donald Trump. Although NATO forces were originally supposed to be out of Afghanistan by May 2021, this was later extended to August of the same year.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/afghanistan-fallen-remains-government-transferring-power-taliban-presidential-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former President Joe Biden set the final date<\/a> that all American forces would be out of Afghanistan for August 31, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The hasty and poorly-planned maneuvers to move Americans and Afghan allies out of the country soon fell apart as the Taliban executed an aggressive general offensive.<\/p>\n<p>The Afghan National Security Forces, which included the country&rsquo;s military and police forces, proved to be laughably unprepared without American support and quickly folded in the face of jihadi assaults. Many of the defenders of the Afghan nation simply threw down their arms and ran.<\/p>\n<p>Taliban fighters rolled up Afghan forces that Americans spent 20 years building and training in a matter of days.<\/p>\n<p>The blitz landed the Taliban countless caches of American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-surges-as-u-s-withdraws-from-afghanistan\/\" title=\"... surges as U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan\">military hardware<\/a>, including M4 rifles, explosives, helicopters, and Humvees.<\/p>\n<p>If you pay taxes, this is your money, converted to military hardware, virtually gifted to violent extremists.<\/p>\n<p>The withdrawal was not bloodless for America.<\/p>\n<p>During the airlift out of the Kabul International Airport, the main artery out of Afghanistan for remaining U.S. forces, a suicide bombing at a gate to the facility took the lives of 13 American service members and around 170 Afghans. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/13-service-members-killed-200-casualties-kabul-airport-bombings-mark-4th-deadliest-day-us-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the deadliest days<\/a> since the war began.<\/p>\n<p>This has not been forgotten by the Pentagon&rsquo;s new leadership. What Hegseth has to say about it should terrify anyone involved in the planning of this withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Over the last three months,&rdquo; Hegseth&rsquo;s memo continued, &ldquo;the Department has been engaged in a review of this catastrophic event in our military&rsquo;s history. I have concluded that we need to conduct a comprehensive review to ensure that accountability for this event is met and that the complete picture is provided to the American people.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To meet this imperative, I am directing the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs (ATSD-PA) and Senior Advisor, Sean Parnell to convene a Special Review Panel (SRP) for the Department who will thoroughly examine previous investigations, to include but not limited to, findings of fact, sources, witnesses, and analyze the decision making that led to one of America&rsquo;s darkest and deadliest international moments.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth vowed the team would ensure accountability to Americans and those that served in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/key-player-resigns-protest-congress-investigation-afghanistan-withdrawal-not-part-sham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/naked-partisanship-and-influence-peddling-conservatives-blast-bidens-nominee-to-head-omb\/\" title=\"\u2018Naked Partisanship And Influence Peddling\u2019: Conservatives Blast Biden\u2019s Nominee To Head OMB\">full memo<\/a> below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Memo regarding the Review of the U.S. Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2V7Dt8biOm\">pic.twitter.com\/2V7Dt8biOm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef\/status\/1924885591075795254?\">May 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The people who forced this disgrace on America must be held accountable, and our future leaders must learn from their deadly oversights.<\/p>\n<p>We cannot afford to let this go unanswered.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In a memo released on Tuesday, Hegseth emphasized the necessity of this review, stating, &#8220;President Trump and I have committed to full transparency regarding our military withdrawal from Afghanistan.&#8221; He added that the Department of Defense owes it to both the American public and service members who sacrificed in Afghanistan to uncover the facts surrounding this event. The withdrawal was based on an agreement made between the Taliban and Trump&#8217;s administration, with an initial deadline for NATO forces set for May 2021 but later extended to August. Former President Biden ultimately established August 31, 2021, as the final date for U.S. troop withdrawal. The evacuation efforts quickly unraveled as Taliban forces launched a swift offensive, leading Afghan security forces-unprepared without American assistance-to collapse rapidly under pressure. This resulted in significant losses of U.S.-supplied military equipment falling into Taliban hands. Tragically, during the airlift at Kabul International Airport, a suicide bombing claimed the lives of 13 American service members and around 170 Afghans-a day marked as one of the deadliest since the war began. Hegseth&#8217;s memo indicates that over recent months there has been an ongoing review into this catastrophic event in military history aimed at ensuring accountability and providing clarity to Americans about what transpired during this critical moment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2437384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Afghanistan-Withdrawl.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[38078,45173,55639,50611],"class_list":["post-2437383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-afghan-withdrawal","tag-hegseth","tag-military-accountability","tag-national-security-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Afghanistan-Withdrawl.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437383","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2437383"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2437387,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437383\/revisions\/2437387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2437384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2437383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2437383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2437383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}