The Doha Accords were signed Feb 29th 2020 and had a timeline of 135 days for the implementation of the conditions. We met our obligations to withdraw all but 8600 troop and abandon 5 base by mid July 2020.
"Under the Doha agreement, the US would begin to withdraw its forces contingent upon Taliban meeting certain conditions, which would lead to a political agreement between the Taliban and the government of Afghanistan. There were seven conditions applicable to the Taliban and eight conditions applicable to the United States. While the Taliban did not attack US forces, which was one of the conditions, it failed to fully honor, any, any other condition under the Doha agreement.
Gen. Milley: (
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And perhaps most importantly, for US national security, that Taliban has never renounced Al-Qaeda or broke its affiliation with them. We the United States adhered to every condition.
In the fall of 2020 my analysis was that an accelerated withdrawal without meeting specific and necessary conditions risks losing the substantial gains made in Afghanistan, damaging US worldwide credibility, and could precipitate a general collapse of the ANSF and the Afghan government resulting in a complete Taliban takeover or general civil war."
That is what the military told Trump in the fall of 2020, not Biden. Trump ignored them and continue withdrewing below the level set in the Doha Accords even though the Taliban had still not met the conditions. Milley continued:
" That was a year ago. My assessment remained consistent throughout. Based on my advice and the advice of the commanders, then Secretary of Defense, Esper, submitted a memorandum on nine November recommending to maintain US forces at a level between about 2500 and 4500 in Afghanistan until conditions were met for further reduction. Two days later
on 11, November, 2020, I received an unclassified signed order directing the United States military to withdraw all forces from Afghanistan no later than 15, January, 2021. After further discussions regarding the risks associated with such a withdrawal, the order was rescinded. On 17 November we received a order, to reduce levels to 2,500"
Mr. Reed: Let me call the hearing to order. First, an administrative action. Since a quorum is now present, I ask the committee to consider a list of 2,99...
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Now you can pretend that Trump didn't unconditionally withdraw over 10 thousand troops and blame it all on Joe who was left with 2500 troop who were mostly needed to support the Afghan Army who was still fighting the Taliban. The Democrats don't seem to care all that much.