US President Joe Biden’s administration has blamed its chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan on his predecessor, Donald Trump, in a new report.
A 12-page summary of the report says Mr Biden was “severely constrained” by Mr Trump’s decisions, including a 2020 deal with the Taliban to end the war.
But the report also acknowledges that the government should have begun the evacuation of civilians earlier.
Mr Trump responded that the White House was playing a “disinformation game”.
The deadly pull-out in August 2021 ended America’s longest war.
Thirteen US soldiers and nearly 200 Afghans were killed as US troops scrambled to evacuate more than 120,000 people in a matter of days.
A review of decisions and actions leading up to the withdrawal, conducted by the State Department and the Pentagon, was sent privately to Congress on Thursday.
Republicans in the US House of Representatives, who are investigating the pull-out, had been demanding to see the report for weeks.
The document remains confidential, but a summary of its conclusions – put together by the White House National Security Council with input from President Biden himself – has been made available to the public.
