Former President Donald Trump is predicted to assault Vice President Kamala Harris on the third anniversary of the lethal Abbey Gate bombing that killed 13 Individuals throughout the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal.
Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is predicted to go to Arlington Nationwide Cemetery to pay his respects to the service members killed within the bombing outdoors the Kabul airport. Trump will then go to Michigan to handle the Nationwide Guard Affiliation of america convention.
Monday marks three years because the Aug. 26, 2021, suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai Worldwide Airport, which killed 13 American service members and greater than 100 Afghans. The Islamic State group claimed accountability for the assault.
Since President Biden ended his re-election bid, Trump has been zeroing in on Harris, now the Democratic presidential nominee, and her function in international coverage selections. He particularly highlighted the vice chairman’s statements that she was the final individual within the room earlier than Biden made the choice on Afghanistan.
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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a marketing campaign rally on the Desert Diamond Area on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photograph/Evan Vucci)
“She bragged that she would be the last person in the room, and she was. She was the last person in the room with Biden when the two of them decided to pull the troops out of Afghanistan,” he mentioned final week in a North Carolina rally. “She had the final vote. She had the final say, and she was all for it.”
The kin of among the 13 American service members who had been killed appeared on stage on the Republican Nationwide Conference final month, saying Biden had by no means publicly named their family members.
Democrats wielded allegations that Trump doesn’t respect veterans and had beforehand referred to slain World Battle II troopers as suckers and losers — accusations denied by Trump.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris seems on stage throughout the Democratic Nationwide Conference on Aug. 22, 2024 in Chicago. (AP Photograph/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Below Trump, america signed a peace settlement with the Taliban that was aimed toward ending America’s longest struggle and bringing U.S. troops dwelling. Biden later pointed to that settlement as he sought to deflect blame for the Taliban overrunning Afghanistan, saying it certain him to withdraw troops and set the stage for the chaos that engulfed the nation.
Taliban fighters line as much as showcase their weapons as they management entry to the Abbey Gate and make Afghans with journey paperwork wait in congregate underneath the solar earlier than continuing, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)
A Biden administration evaluate of the withdrawal acknowledged that the evacuation of Individuals and allies from Afghanistan ought to have began sooner, however attributed the delays to the Afghan authorities and navy, and to U.S. navy and intelligence neighborhood assessments.
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The highest two U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation mentioned the administration inadequately deliberate for the withdrawal. The nation’s top-ranking navy officer on the time, then-Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, informed lawmakers earlier this yr he had urged Biden to maintain a residual power of two,500 forces to present backup. As a substitute, Biden determined to maintain a a lot smaller power of 650 that might be restricted to securing the U.S. embassy.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
