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 in the course of 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 the US convention.
Monday marks three years for the reason that 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 duty 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 position in international coverage choices. He particularly highlighted the vp’s statements that she was the final particular person within the room earlier than Biden made the choice on Afghanistan.
HARRIS’ ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL A MYSTERY DESPITE BEING ‘LAST PERSON IN THE ROOM’ WITH BIDEN
Former President 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 could be the final particular person within the room, and he or she was. She was the final particular person within the room with Biden when the 2 of them determined to tug the troops out of Afghanistan,” he stated final week in a North Carolina rally. “She had the ultimate vote. She had the ultimate say, and he or she was all for it.”
The family 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 in the course of the Democratic Nationwide Conference on Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photograph/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Below Trump, the US signed a peace settlement with the Taliban that was aimed toward ending America’s longest conflict and bringing U.S. troops residence. 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 exhibit their weapons as they management entry to the Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 25, 2021. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Occasions)
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 group assessments.
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The highest two U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation stated the administration inadequately deliberate for the withdrawal. The nation’s top-ranking navy officer on the time, then-Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, advised lawmakers earlier this 12 months he had urged Biden to maintain a residual drive of two,500 forces to present backup. As a substitute, Biden determined to maintain a a lot smaller drive of 650 that might be restricted to securing the U.S. embassy.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
