CNN CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera September 14, 2021 17:23:00
His predecessor reached to remove all remaining u.s. forces from afghanistan by may first of this year. as part of that agreement, the previous administration pressed the afghan government to release 5,000 taliban prisoners including some top war commanders. by january of 2021, the taliban was in its strongest military position since 9/11. >> now, this testimony today was before a senate committee. blinken is the first senior biden administration official to testify on america's chaotic exit from kabul. these are live pictures as his testimony continues. lloyd austin declined to appear before ...